ATA Lock support in MacBook Pro BIOS

Does the MacBook Pro BIOS support ATA Lock? And also what different SATA modes (AHCI, Native, Campatible etc) does the BIOS support?
I am wondering if I can install a Seagate FDE drive in the MacBook Pro I am planning to purchase.
Saqib
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Saqib was asking about how a MAC laptop handles ATAPI 5-6-7 security features that SATA drives support, i.e. disk lock/password commands where the disk itself controls access to the drive and the password is passed from the host to drive in a SATA command payload.
The concept here is that if a perp walks away with your hard drive, and it is password protected, the perp cannot get at the data (short of guessing the password). In the PC world it is common place and this protection is built into Laptop BIOS and even most desktops. The unlocking occurs there prior to any OS being booted (the boot record is not accessible on a locked drive), or given access to the drive if its not the boot drive.
Just about any laptop drive implements these security features. Its not clear to me in the referenced article if the MAC firmware actually uses the ATAPI security lock feature, or the MAC firmware implements some equivalent to a "BIOS" password protection. So if my Mac laptop disk is lost, is the disk password protected?
Specifically the questions are:
1) if I were to connect drive with security features enabled and locked to a Mac laptop, would the Mac provide a means to enter the disk password, or does it simple say unrecognized disk?
2) How do I enable the drive's security features on a Mac Laptop?
I dunno but am interested in the answer.

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