Dear listmembers, this is the very same issue as before. Therefore I forward this email to sparclinux, too. Take care Dieter Jurzitza -- ________________________________________________ HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Dr.-Ing. Dieter Jurzitza Manager Hardware Systems System Development Industriegebiet Ittersbach Becker-Göring Str. 16 D-76307 Karlsbad / Germany Phone: +49 (0)7248 71-1577 Fax: +49 (0)7248 71-1216 eMail: DJurzitza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Internet: http://www.becker.de > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von > Jurzitza, Dieter > Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. August 2006 06:58 > An: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: AW: [PATCH] sun disk label: fix signed int usage for > sector count > > > Dear listmembers, > referring to my own question (and to Jeff Mahoneys email), > would it be sufficient to simply change > > - --- linux-2.6.17/fs/partitions/sun.c 2006-01-02 > 22:21:10.000000000 -0500 > +++ linux-2.6.17.fix/fs/partitions/sun.c 2006-08-26 > 11:54:54.000000000 -0400 > @@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ int sun_partition(struct parsed_partitio > spc = be16_to_cpu(label->ntrks) * be16_to_cpu(label->nsect); > for (i = 0; i < 8; i++, p++) { > unsigned long st_sector; > - - int num_sectors; > + unsigned int num_sectors; > > st_sector = be32_to_cpu(p->start_cylinder) * spc; > num_sectors = be32_to_cpu(p->num_sectors); > > in order to get rid of the meaningless negative numbers? If > possible this would be highly preferrable over a solution > that renders this partition useless. If Sun Os cannot handle > this, maybe an error message when configuring such a disk > would be helpful. > > Once again, thank you for your feedback, > best regards > > > > > Dieter Jurzitza ******************************************* Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und loeschen Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the contents in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ******************************************* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
