>>>> [...], I wonder if you could attach the HPA area as an additional >>>> partition [...] >>> I don't see any reason why not. I'm not sure whether you're >>> proposing that the HPA not be accessible any other way or whether >>> this is just a default. >> or make it a ld device attached to the wd device. > That is a solution that gets around the entire problem of magic > partitions and the like.
Yes. Like a lot of good ideas, it's really obvious once it's pointed out. I suspect it's more or less where I would have ended up if I'd followed through on the vague thoughts I had about making it a separate thing of its own. (I probably would have used a new pseudo-disk device rather than piggybacking on ld(4), if only because I care more about pre-ld(4) NetBSD than you do. Though admittedly naming might be a slight issue; there's a sense in which I'd rather see "hpa0 at wd0" instead of "ld0 at wd0\nld0: Host Protected Area"...and this thing, whether an ld instance or something else, is not a normal disk drive; for example, it usually will not be partitioned further.) /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [email protected] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
