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Date:      Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:11:29 +0000
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r216269 - head/sys/geom/part
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>

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On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 23:06:24 +0000
Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> 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



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