From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 7 23:43:49 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 82017106564A; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:43:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@freebsd.org) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE2F8FC17; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:43:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from porto.topspin.kiev.ua (porto-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.100]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id BAA11503; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:43:44 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from avg@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.topspin.kiev.ua ([127.0.0.1]) by porto.topspin.kiev.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1PQ7CC-000Hw5-Kv; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:43:44 +0200 Message-ID: <4CFEC6B0.3030802@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:43:44 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101029 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Cran References: <201012072046.oB7KkB4L079555@svn.freebsd.org> <4CFEAD09.30904@freebsd.org> <20101207230624.7b7a83d3@core.draftnet> <20101207231129.771422fc@core.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <20101207231129.771422fc@core.draftnet> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org 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 23:43:49 -0000 on 08/12/2010 01:11 Bruce Cran said the following: > 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. Right. But we shouldn't bother reading those values, because they are specified as unused. Well, some retarded 10+ years old software should probably be kept happy, but modern FreeBSD is not like that, right? :) -- Andriy Gapon