It seems that the desired functionality has hit mainline (v2.6.35 and later), that HPA will start enabled but will be unlocked should the partitions require it:
commit d8d9129ea28e2177749627c82962feb26e8d11e9 Author: Tejun Heo <[email protected]> Date: Sat May 15 20:09:34 2010 +0200 libata: implement on-demand HPA unlocking This should mean we can drop the patch below: commit eaea8ccbd3adf0b36942ae834eaa825094772c95 Author: Scott James Remnant <[email protected]> Date: Tue Mar 3 14:20:01 2009 +0000 UBUNTU: SAUCE: (no-up) libata: Ignore HPA by default. Propose we drop this in Natty and see what happens. A call for testing will likely be appropriate. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380138 Title: Do NOT disable HPA by default -> leads to data loss -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
