Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262022AbVEEKKs (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 06:10:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262024AbVEEKKs (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 06:10:48 -0400 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.192]:10993 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262022AbVEEKKr convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 06:10:47 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=rJUGpJJeQzjenKcwO/drGofcoU0X6JjyLjNeFOoC1fViFPs4yp5UTdHqRx6yWS5pz4LCJVGmA8goktzKZt4RUkYgnop08Olv+mhywtkWI2+gqOW+FX0TbRkuMlZTOPn/Btqco8WL8nA5QyZHViAwWizCT6hyt7o1ZKMPXgl9Ssw= Message-ID: <58cb370e050505031041c2c164@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 12:10:47 +0200 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Reply-To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /proc/ide/hd?/settings obsolete in 2.6. In-Reply-To: <20050505004854.GA16550@animx.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050505004854.GA16550@animx.eu.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 585 Lines: 13 On 5/5/05, Wakko Warner wrote: > If this interface is obsolete and will be removed, is there any non-obsolete > way of telling the kernel what geometry I want to use for this ide device? Yes, physical geometry - through boot parameters and logical geometry is not needed for IDE layer to function properly. Bartlomiej - 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/