From: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: avl@logic.at
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: possible bug in ide-disk.c (2.6.18.2 but also older)
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:25:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061120152505.5d0ba6c5@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061120145148.GQ6851@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:51:48 +0100
Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> wrote:
> Since I got not even a beep as answer, I'm trying again
> to get this through to someone who cares:
Sounds like the Knoppix kernel is built with GPT partition handling and
your disk has an odd number of sectors ?
> The problem is in idedisk_read_native_max_address()
> and equivalently in idedisk_read_native_max_address_ext()
> in a line like this (near the end):
> addr++; /* since the return value is (maxlba - 1), we add 1 */
>
> I believe that this is wrong, in so far as it is device-specific.
Which part of the standard are you referring to here ?
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-20 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-20 14:51 possible bug in ide-disk.c (2.6.18.2 but also older) Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-20 15:25 ` Alan [this message]
2006-11-20 16:56 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-20 17:28 ` Alan
2006-11-20 17:57 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-20 18:12 ` Alan
2006-11-21 11:51 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-21 12:06 ` Alan
2006-11-22 10:57 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-23 17:05 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-27 13:09 ` hpa-problem in ide-disk.c - new insights Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-27 13:30 ` Alan
2006-11-27 16:01 ` Allow turning off hpa-checking Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-27 16:33 ` Alan
2006-11-27 17:56 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-27 18:10 ` Alan
2006-11-27 18:29 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-27 19:59 ` Alan
2006-11-28 9:29 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-28 9:46 ` Tejun Heo
2006-11-28 12:09 ` Andreas Leitgeb
2006-11-28 12:24 ` Tejun Heo
2006-12-14 14:45 ` Andreas Leitgeb
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