>
> Patch will not be uploaded to the list......get it at ::
> http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/
> server/udma/2.2.7.uniform-ide-6.19.delta.patch.gz
Andre, while we are at it, could you apply the following patch to
ide-disk.c? Bright IBM boys produced a large disk that reports
0x3fff*15*63 instead of 0x3fff*16*63. The patch below fixed the problem.
TIA,
Al
--- ide-disk.c.old Tue May 4 04:21:48 1999
+++ ide-disk.c Tue May 4 04:27:06 1999
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@
id->cyls = lba_sects / (16 * 63); /* correct cyls */
return 1; /* lba_capacity is our only option */
}
+ /*
+ * ... and at least one TLA VBC has POS instead of brain and can't
+ * tell 16 from 15.
+ */
+ if ((id->lba_capacity >= 15481935) && (id->cyls == 0x3fff) &&
+ (id->heads == 15) && (id->sectors == 63)) {
+ id->cyls = lba_sects / (15 * 63); /* correct cyls */
+ return 1; /* lba_capacity is our only option */
+ }
/* perform a rough sanity check on lba_sects: within 10% is "okay" */
if ((lba_sects - chs_sects) < _10_percent) {
return 1; /* lba_capacity is good */
-
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