linux-kernel - Re: wrong cylinders of kingston usb pendrive [intel 82801DB]

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Date:	Sat, 9 Feb 2008 22:56:52 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@...-eyed-alien.net>
cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Patrick Ringl <patrick_@...enet.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-storage@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wrong cylinders of kingston usb pendrive [intel 82801DB]


On Feb 4 2008 00:15, Matthew Dharm wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 01:50:37AM +0100, Patrick Ringl wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am suffering from the following (usb-related?) problem:
>> >
>> > I have several different mashines - all x86 architecture - just lets call 
>> > them mashineA, mashineB and mashineC.
>> 
>> Is the kernel the same on all of these machines?
>
>I'm not sure it matters...
>
>usb-storage has no knowledge of CHS geometery.  It deals entirely in LBA.
>
>Does anyone know where the kernel gets the CHS geometery equivalent from?

Something like `hdparm -I` I suppose.

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