From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 7 23:11:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B832106566C; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:11:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BBC8FC20; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:11:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53809E7174; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:11:33 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from :cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=75yHoC3ZmTMs BishBemzHMo32K4=; b=Xt9zhNuTRQnUJG92cPHoaxN1OFEpmJTAC7PnK2C7eAPZ RHYekrbM6jzTusPrlyCksi5U0iavx1wjZEbJicruj+4Zi94ArauTn0PHkUEC7c06 mTpBnLpm9AyIRzKkzZwC07N6xpi4C55lhjODBDN7dBb+0Gu0mutVUkIwfCujAOk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from:cc :subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=tF8gRk rf9tY4am9x6Utx7wqTprviI2aFxsvrW24P7v081KFotAy3wwatLBuLABF9fIzV32 C5gt5CXhjWOxecrnbhu0jr/VHIj1cFI7uFdL/vrkfi8z0mb+GPyapop/MevlyXJ5 3CxC9N0Rep3DaEjt8zHyCyjU08FAPCD2UvTiE= Received: from core.draftnet (client-86-25-14-189.oxfd.adsl.virginmedia.com [86.25.14.189]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D2B88E7173; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:11:32 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:11:29 +0000 From: Bruce Cran Message-ID: <20101207231129.771422fc@core.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <20101207230624.7b7a83d3@core.draftnet> References: <201012072046.oB7KkB4L079555@svn.freebsd.org> <4CFEAD09.30904@freebsd.org> <20101207230624.7b7a83d3@core.draftnet> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.7 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon Subject: Re: svn commit: r216269 - head/sys/geom/part X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:11:34 -0000 On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:06:24 +0000 Bruce Cran wrote: > I guess the fields are still defined to keep old tools happy. I mean that values are still returned by the drive firmware, while they could be left zero according to the spec. For example a new 1TB ATA-8 drive returns a geometry of 16H/63S/16383C in those fields. -- Bruce Cran