Re: Does the linux kernel contain support for ATA Security feature set?

[Matthew Garrett]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 06:49:59PM -0500, Robert Nicholson wrote:
> So, I've got an X-25M that I want to securely erase and it turns out  
> on a Mac I'm not going to be able to issue the command because it  
> doesn't support legacy IDE mode from what I understand. So the idea of  
> a any boot CD that I could boot and run a program that can issue a  
> SECURE_ERASE (SE) to the drive is only applicable to PC's.

Why is the lack of legacy IDE an issue? hdparm works fine with SATA 
setups.
-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/