Re: [PATCH 5/5 gnumach] linux: Skip probing IDE when 255 phys heads detected

2023-02-01 Thread Samuel Thibault
Damien Zammit, le mer. 01 févr. 2023 10:06:11 +, a ecrit: > I very much doubt a disk exists with 255 physical heads. That's not the question :) Disks have been lying about their geometry for a long time. But yes, some disks may be erroneously reporting an "all-max" geometry that we should

Re: [PATCH 5/5 gnumach] linux: Skip probing IDE when 255 phys heads detected

2023-02-01 Thread Almudena Garcia
It's great!! If I remember well, this caused me some problems when I tried to install Debian GNU/Hurd with SATA over real hardware a year ago. El mié, 1 feb 2023 a las 11:56, Damien Zammit () escribió: > This allows qemu -M q35 to boot without 30 second timeout > failing on hd0, when disk is

[PATCH 5/5 gnumach] linux: Skip probing IDE when 255 phys heads detected

2023-02-01 Thread Damien Zammit
This allows qemu -M q35 to boot without 30 second timeout failing on hd0, when disk is actually attached via ahci. I very much doubt a disk exists with 255 physical heads. --- linux/src/drivers/block/ide.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git