Hi, The topic was discussed to death on linux-kernel.
Mark, you need to fix your applications and stop using /proc/ide/hd*/geometry or/and HDIO_GET_GEO ioctl (which BTW your patch also affects). Bartlomiej On 8/3/05, Andre Hedrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you read ATA-1 through ATA-7 to understand all the variations? > > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Mark Bellon wrote: > > > The ATA specification tells large disk drives to return C/H/S data of > > 16383/16/63 regardless of their actual size (other variations on this > > return include 15 heads and/or 4092 cylinders). Unfortunately these CHS > > data confuse the existing IDE code and cause it to report invalid > > geometries in /proc when the disk runs in LBA mode. > > > > The invalid geometries can cause failures in the partitioning tools; > > partitioning may be impossible or illogical size limitations occur. This > > also leads to various forms of human confusion. > > > > I attach a patch that fixes this problem while strongly attempting to > > not break any existing side effects and await any comments. > > > > mark > > > > Signed-off-by: Mark Bellon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
