From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264728AbUFPUUZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:20:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264731AbUFPUUZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:20:25 -0400 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:11935 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264728AbUFPUUY (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:20:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:20:23 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Dirk Jagdmann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IDE Auto-Geometry Resizing support missing in 2.6.7? Message-ID: <20040616202023.GA19123@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Dirk Jagdmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <40D0AA07.7010806@cubic.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40D0AA07.7010806@cubic.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 10:13:59PM +0200, Dirk Jagdmann wrote: > Hello Kernel Developers, > > I have just updated from 2.6.6 to 2.6.7. I need to use the IDE > Auto-Geometry Resizing support on my system (CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE). The > corresponding configuration option however was removed in 2.6.7 along > with the define in the .config file. Thus when booting my hard disks are > not properly detected (only with the clipped capacity). > > Was the removal of this option intentional? Was the option renamed or moved? You need to boot with hdX=stroke now. I had a patch first that allowed both run- an compiletime selection but Bart wanted the option to be removed.