On Friday 03 October 2008, [email protected] wrote:
> hpa:
>
> Right, I think that's a much better patch.
>
> The really Right Thing[TM] to do is probably to pre-clear the buffer
> and then look for the 0xaa55 signature at offset 510; it is required
> for sector 0 to be a valid MBR-format partition table and hence for the
> MBR *signature* to be valid.
>
> I'll write that up tomorrow (I'm travelling today), or you can send
> me a patch.
>
> akpm:
>
> A patch in hand is worth...
I am really sorry; I botched this initially and then was distracted by other
things. The patch attached.
Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
>
> I am really sorry; I botched this initially and then was distracted by other
> things. The patch attached.
>
Applied to tip:x86/setup, thanks!
-hpa