Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:26:38 -0000 (UTC)
From: [email protected] (Michael van Elst)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
| Fortunately the drive geometry isn't really used anywhere. All
| accesses just use the logical block addresses.
I have been meaning to suggest for ages that we remove all the
geometry nonsense from everywhere in the kernel, except those
drivers that actually need it - those should be responsible for
converting block numbers to CHS in a way that works for thej,
if they really need it (ancient ide drives before LBA addressing,
vax massbus drives, sun xd drives ... anything like that which
almost no-one has seen in decades).
It is just bizarre to see ssd and even nvme 'drives' claiming
to have cylinders and heads!
kre
