Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1945950AbWBOODm (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:03:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1945952AbWBOODm (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:03:42 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:45190 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1945950AbWBOODl (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:03:41 -0500 Subject: Re: RFC: disk geometry via sysfs From: Alan Cox To: Seewer Philippe Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz , Phillip Susi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <43F2EE04.9060500@bfh.ch> References: <43EC8FBA.1080307@bfh.ch> <43F0B484.3060603@cfl.rr.com> <43F0D7AD.8050909@bfh.ch> <43F0DF32.8060709@cfl.rr.com> <43F206E7.70601@bfh.ch> <43F21F21.1010509@cfl.rr.com> <43F2E8BA.90001@bfh.ch> <58cb370e0602150051w2f276banb7662394bef2c369@mail.gmail.com> <43F2EE04.9060500@bfh.ch> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:06:32 +0000 Message-Id: <1140012392.14831.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 665 Lines: 15 On Mer, 2006-02-15 at 10:01 +0100, Seewer Philippe wrote: > This would mean dropping the HDIO_GETGEO ioctl completely and force > applications such as fdisk/sfdisk and even dosemu to determine disk > geometry for themselves. Which I think actually would be the most > correct approach. In the IDE case the drive geometry has meaning in certain cases, specifically the C/H/S drive addressing case with old old drives. - 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/