Re: HDIO_GETGEO vs. BLKGETSIZE

From: David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 10:47:16 EST

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aeb@veritas.com said:
> > What if BLKGETSIZE/(H*S) isn't an integer?
> / is the C operator. It rounds down.

Sorry, what I meant to say was:

What if (BLKGETSIZE / (H*S)) * (H*S) != BLKGETSIZE?

Is there anything that's likely to get confused by that?

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