Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jan 1999 20:28:51 -0600 | From | Michael Elizabeth Chastain <> | Subject | Re: The Linux 64 GiB Limit - was: Re: oops! Should be fdisk broken? |
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Hi Andries,
> Yes, I realised this immediately after posting, as you will have seen.
Yes, you are all over this issue, no problem.
> So, this guessing mess belongs in user space, especially since > the kernel itself does not need the result.
Works for me. My interest is in having a clean kernel ABI and HDIO_GETGEO just happened to catch my attention a long time ago. I don't use it; I just filter it like everything else.
> P.S. I would like to hear about anything that uses HDIO_GETGEO > other than the programs I just mentioned.
It's implemented for floppy disks so perhaps some floppy-tool programs use it too.
Michael
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