linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] msdos: add support for large disks

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Message-ID: <871vg0zbqe.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp>
Date:	Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:18:17 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	"Daniel Taylor" <Daniel.Taylor@....com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] msdos: add support for large disks

"Daniel Taylor" <Daniel.Taylor@....com> 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.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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