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SubjectRe: The Linux 64 GiB Limit - was: Re: oops! Should be fdisk broken?
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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