Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: /proc/ide/hd?/settings obsolete in 2.6. | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 05 May 2005 18:58:47 +0100 |
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On Iau, 2005-05-05 at 17:33, Wakko Warner wrote: > Now, i have programs that I can't tell it the geometry (which it does use > and requires to be correct. My guesses using edd are correct). I was using > /proc/ide/hdX/settings to tell the kernel what geometry I want so the > programs that can only ask the kernel can get it right.
And the geometry ioctls are obsolete for the applications too.
> If the "right" way is via IOCTL, my scripts are written in perl that do the > bulk of the guess work.
I suspect it is for other programs that are still using that geometry data and really mkdosfs is what needs fixing ?
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