Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262308AbTK1OZT (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:25:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262310AbTK1OZT (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:25:19 -0500 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:62223 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262308AbTK1OZR (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:25:17 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:24:52 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Apurva Mehta , Linux Kernel Mailing List Cc: bug-parted@gnu.org Subject: Re: Disk Geometries reported incorrectly on 2.6.0-testX Message-ID: <20031128142452.GA4737@win.tue.nl> References: <20031128045854.GA1353@home.woodlands> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031128045854.GA1353@home.woodlands> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 698 Lines: 18 On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:28:54AM +0530, Apurva Mehta wrote: > On 2.6.0-testx kernels, I have noticed that there are problems with > GNU Parted. Parted says that the disk geometries reported by the > kernel are incorrect. Yes. Parted should be fixed not to complain. There is no such thing as a "correct" disk geometry. Roughly speaking the kernel no longer attempts to report anything, so calling HDIO_GETGEO is useless (for this purpose). Andries - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/