Re: Need IDE Taskfile Access

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 17:40:40 EST


> I'm working with a group of people in an effort to get Linux running on the
> XBox. The XBox uses a set of security PIO commands to restrict access to
> the IDE drive, requiring a 32 byte password to be delivered before sector
> access is allowed. As far as I can tell from my investigations and from
> earlier discussions with Andre there is currently no way to issue this
> command. If I'm wrong in my estimation just let me know how, otherwise I
> simply wish add my voice to the (albeit small) outcry for supporting the
> entire ATA spec.

That would I suspect be something for the kerneli patch.
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