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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Fix geometry sector calculation
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Fix geometry sector calculation |
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Wed, 02 May 2012 13:09:02 +0200 |
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Il 02/05/2012 13:07, Alexander Graf ha scritto:
> Both can be accessed using virtio-blk-s390. The former have the same
> semantics on geometry as what we're used to. They use normal MBRs and
> essentially the geometry doesn't mean too much these days anymore ;).
> However, if possible, I would like to diverge these as little as
> possible from x86 virtio disks.
If anything, the geometry should be guessed like we do on x86.
> For DASD disks, the geometry is important, as its disk label is usually
> not MBR, but something s390 specific.
Can we use this to guess the geometry like we do on x86?
Paolo