Re: /proc/ide/hd?/settings obsolete in 2.6.

[Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>]

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On 5/5/05, Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org> wrote:
> > If there is no "non-obsolete" way of doing this, then fine, I'll continue
> > with the settings thing.
> 
> Please be aware that new applications are expected to use
> /sys/firmware/edd/default_* instead of legacy HDIO_GETGEO ioctl
> and there is currently no way to set these sysfs entries (maybe it
> would be worthwile to add such functionality?).

I am using edd to retrieve these parameters.  Unfortunately there are some
utils that I use that I cannot give it the geometry.  Those utils depend on
having the proper geometry so that the system can boot properly (no, it's
not booting linux).

I need to work around what I can't fix otherwise.  So far, the proc entry is
the only solution I have seen.

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