Warning for 2.3.20
Luca Montecchiani (m.luca@iname.com)
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:06:11 +0200
> I notice that 2.3.19 contains part but not all of a
> large-disk patch. In particular, fs/partitions/msdos.c
> calls ide_xlate_1024 using the prototype
> extern int ide_xlate_1024(kdev_t, int, int, const char *);
> while drivers/block/ide.c still has the old situation with
> int ide_xlate_1024 (kdev_t i_rdev, int xparm, const char *msg);
> Thus, bad things may happen if your disk is such that ide_xlate_1024()
> will be called. (Oops, or bad geometry, or ...)
>
> Andries
It's true also for 2.3.20 :(
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