Re: [PATCH] de-cryptify ide-disk host protected area output

[Andre Hedrick]

Agreed w/ Erik.

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Erik Andersen wrote:

> On Sat Oct 26, 2002 at 03:07:01PM +0200, bert hubert wrote:
> > Useless number '1' being printed leading to operator confusion.
> > 
> > --- linux-2.5.44/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c~orig	Sat Oct 26 14:59:35 2002
> > +++ linux-2.5.44/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c	Sat Oct 26 15:00:40 2002
> > @@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@
> >  {
> >  	int flag = (drive->id->cfs_enable_1 & 0x0400) ? 1 : 0;
> >  	if (flag)
> > -		printk("%s: host protected area => %d\n", drive->name, flag);
> > +		printk("%s: supports host protected area", drive->name);
> >  	return flag;
> >  }
> 
> Even better -- kill the prink entirely.  If anyone really
> cares, they can run 'hdparm -I <drivename>' and get the
> exhaustive list of everything the drive supports....
> 
>  -Erik
> 
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Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group