Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [bug, 2.5.29, IDE] partition table corruption? | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 08 Aug 2002 14:23:53 +0100 |
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On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 12:22, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > 1. Requiring the kernel to read the partition table information is a > BUG.
We read it anyway to read the partitions for the block layer.
> 2. Falling back on the values which are used by the application > afterwards is a BUG. (BIOS IRQ after all)
Breaking code is not a bug
> 3. Not detecting LBA disk access is required by checking Cylinder value > to emulate BIOS behaviour is a BUG.
So why did you take it out ?
Thank you for reminding me why I've given up on the 2.5 kernel ever working. Fortunately free software is self correcting so the tree can be forked into something workable
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