On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 05:01:03PM +0200, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> I noticed that when setting CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD=y 2.3.99pre9-2 kernel
> (and probably some earliers) does not compile:
Yes - if I am not mistaken Andre has already corrected that.
> During start:
>
> hda: 0MB, CHS=1108/255/63
> ^^^^^
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
> ...
>
> and kernel cannot mount root fs on hda3.
Yes. That is a bug introduced in 2.3.40 by Al Viro's
"grok_partitions" patch, if I am not mistaken.
Patch (on 2.3.99p8):
----------------------------------------------------------------
--- hd.c~ Sun Mar 26 13:06:39 2000
+++ hd.c Sun May 21 01:19:35 2000
@@ -778,6 +778,8 @@
#endif
for (drive=0 ; drive < NR_HD ; drive++) {
+ hd[drive<<6].nr_sects = hd_info[drive].head *
+ hd_info[drive].sect * hd_info[drive].cyl;
printk ("hd%c: %ldMB, CHS=%d/%d/%d\n", drive+'a',
hd[drive<<6].nr_sects / 2048, hd_info[drive].cyl,
hd_info[drive].head, hd_info[drive].sect);
----------------------------------------------------------------
> Any suggestions how should it be fixed ?
See above. Please complain if this doesnt fix it.
> Or is the "old disk-only driver" hd.c obsolete and to be dropped ?
The fact that you are the first to complain is an indication
that not many kernel developers use this old hd.c.
But it should remain functional.
Andries
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