Re: [PATCH] pdcraid and weird IDE geometry

Walt H
2003-07-18T15:06:49Z

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Just to finish this thread. In case anyone else has similar problems of
only detecting 1 drive of their array and you suspect strange geometry
is at play, here's the simple patch I used in the end which WFM :)

-Walt

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--- /usr/src/temp/linux-2.4.21/drivers/ide/raid/pdcraid.c 2003-06-13 07:51:34.000000000 -0700
+++ pdcraid.c 2003-07-18 06:54:25.000000000 -0700
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@
if (ideinfo->sect==0)
return 0;
- lba = (ideinfo->capacity / (ideinfo->head*ideinfo->sect));
+/* lba = (ideinfo->capacity / (ideinfo->head*ideinfo->sect));
lba = lba * (ideinfo->head*ideinfo->sect);
- lba = lba - ideinfo->sect;
+ lba = lba - ideinfo->sect; */
+ lba = ideinfo->capacity - ideinfo->sect;

return lba;