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From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove requirement of alignment to track from MBR scheme
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On Wed, 25 May 2011 18:12:22 +0300
Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> I don't think that currently we do synthesize any geometry in kernel.
> I think that we just whatever BIOS/firmware/etc provides to us in
> some way.

I'm fairly sure we generate our own geometry for CAM drivers.

-- 
Bruce