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  1. Bug #380138
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 380138

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote :

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 address hidden>
  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 address hidden>
  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.