Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:05:25 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wd driver questions Message-ID: <199703162105.OAA06259@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199703161814.FAA10848@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Mar 17, 97 05:14:38 am
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> >> And, how (if at all) does the geometry written to the disklabel > >> figure into the operation/calculations of the driver? > > > >As far as I could decipher from the driver code (wd.c) the probed geometry > >is used only to read the label. > > No, the probed geometry is used for everything in the driver. Why are we using a probed geometry insted of the geometry reported from the INT 0x13 call in the boot blocks? The idea that the drive could be INIT'ed to a different geometry is valid. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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