From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Doug Ledford Subject: Re: aic7xxx_biosparam Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:26:00 -0500 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021118032600.GE4608@redhat.com> References: <20021118024645.GB4608@redhat.com> <200211180320.gAI3KBV16803@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200211180320.gAI3KBV16803@localhost.localdomain> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "J.E.J. Bottomley" Cc: Linux Scsi Mailing List On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 09:20:10PM -0600, J.E.J. Bottomley wrote: > > visible in fdisk (well, after a module reload), so it get's used > > somewhere. > > The argument is that no user space tools rely on the cyls value, only the > sectors and heads. They all use the GETGEO ioctl, but also get the blocksize That may very well be true and I'm all for that, but I'm still anal about being right anyway, so I implemented what Andries suggested. -- Doug Ledford 919-754-3700 x44233 Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606