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Re: [PATCH] osdep/linux: convert partition start to disk sector length.
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Daniel Kiper |
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Re: [PATCH] osdep/linux: convert partition start to disk sector length. |
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Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:58:56 +0200 |
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On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 08:02:02PM +0200, Mihai Moldovan wrote:
> * On 09/06/2018 07:36 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> > Grub partition get start returns in 512B blocks. Can I have more details
> > like
> > which partmap you use?
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> Yes, but this is a low-level function that expects sector sizes in HW sector
> addressing mode.
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> Note that the whole sector conversion magic was already done by
> grub_disk_read()
> and friends which then calls the fd_open() function.
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> Encountered the issue with a GPT-partitioned, 4096-bytes-sector-size disk.
If there are no more questions or objections I will push this patch next week.
Daniel