% cat /proc/ide/hda/geometry
physical -32053/16/63
logical -32053/16/63
% dmesg | grep hda
...
hda: Maxtor 91728D8, 16479MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=33483/16/63, (U)DMA
...
So, somebody casts an unsigned short to short.
A patch follows [pasted from screen - tabs will have become spaces].
Andries
--- ide-proc.c~ Sat May 15 21:11:22 1999
+++ ide-proc.c Mon Jun 21 17:13:39 1999
@@ -525,8 +525,10 @@
char *out = page;
int len;
- out += sprintf(out,"physical %hi/%hi/%hi\n", drive->cyl, drive->head, drive->sect);
- out += sprintf(out,"logical %hi/%hi/%hi\n", drive->bios_cyl, drive->bios_head, drive->bios_sect);
+ out += sprintf(out,"physical %d/%d/%d\n",
+ drive->cyl, drive->head, drive->sect);
+ out += sprintf(out,"logical %d/%d/%d\n",
+ drive->bios_cyl, drive->bios_head, drive->bios_sect);
len = out - page;
PROC_IDE_READ_RETURN(page,start,off,count,eof,len);
}
-
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