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

From: Alan Cox
Date: Fri Apr 17 2009 - 05:28:45 EST


> So does the Linux kernel support the ATA security set then? or does

It supports pass through of ATA commands: See man hdparm

> it, like OSX have protective measures to stop abuse of those features.

The kernel doesn't but your BIOS or in some distributions early boot
scripts may well issue a security freeze.

Alan
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