Re: [PATCH] msdos: add support for large disks

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

"Daniel Taylor" <Daniel.Taylor@xxxxxxx> writes:

> It is only the intermediate variables in the module that are
> currently hard-coded to 32-bits, and which truncate the values.

BTW, it may not be only 32-bits truncate issue. IIRC, e.g. some
implement is checking the 0xaa mark at the end of sector. I forgot
almost though, IIRC, Windows writes 0xaa mark to the both of "end of
sector" and "end of 512" for compatibility.

Thanks.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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