[Fwd: Re: regarding libata HPA default behavior]

[Scott James Remnant]

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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at pobox.com>
To: Tejun Heo <htejun at gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
hmh at hmh.eng.br, scott at ubuntu.com, lcapitulino at mandriva.com.br
Subject: Re: regarding libata HPA default behavior
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:23:28 -0400

Seems to me the dangers and damage caused by a suddenly-too-small disk 
are greater than those caused by a suddenly-larger disk.  The latter 
case only confuses schemes that are offset from the last reported LBA, 
whereas the former can cause data loss and worse.

	Jeff



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Scott James Remnant
Ubuntu Development Manager
scott at ubuntu.com
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