From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
To: Pozs?r Bal?zs <pozsy@uhulinux.hu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /proc/ide/hd?/settings obsolete in 2.6.
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 12:20:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050505162040.GA17861@animx.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050505155318.GD19927@ojjektum.uhulinux.hu>
Pozs?r Bal?zs wrote:
> On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 11:33:27AM -0400, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > 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.
>
> If those utils just open and read some files under /proc, you could
> always overmount those files or use some LD_PRELOAD magic.
No no, I'm using /proc to set the right geometry. The programs use
HDGETGEO.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-05 16:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-05 0:48 Wakko Warner
2005-05-05 10:10 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-05-05 11:13 ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-05 12:13 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2005-05-05 14:56 ` Alan Cox
2005-05-05 15:38 ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-05 16:21 ` Alan Cox
2005-05-05 16:33 ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-05 17:58 ` Alan Cox
2005-05-05 20:53 ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-05 22:16 ` Alan Cox
2005-05-05 15:33 ` Wakko Warner
2005-05-05 15:53 ` Pozsár Balázs
2005-05-05 16:20 ` Wakko Warner [this message]
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