On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 11:57 +0200, Karel Zak wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:29:40AM +0200, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > > > (a) where fdisk gets the information about the geometry from in this > > > specific case? > > > > fdisk gets the information from (i) user input, (ii) what the > > kernel/bios thinks the geometry is, with the HDIO_GETGEO ioctl and (iii) > > by inferring it from the partition table geometry. > > BTW, does it make any sense to read the geometry from partition table > if the partition table has been aligned according to the device topology > (for example 1MiB offset and grain)? Hmm not really, no. In any case we got rid of the pt geometry, __discover_system_geometry() only gets the info from the kernel. > > > fdisk even bother displaying a geometry any more ? Doesn't it just serve > > > to confuse? > > IMHO for non-DOS compatible mode it would be better to ignore PT > geometry (read only info from kernel to have "some" values) and > don't display geometry in the default output, because it's completely > irrelevant. > > The same we can do with -S -C -H options -- it would be better to > print a warning if the options are specified for non-DOS mode. > I agree. > I still see on many places suggestions like "use -S -H to align your > flash disk" or so... all this is legacy. > > Karel > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
