ATA_STD_BIOS_PARAM

Section: (9)
Updated: 13 April 2004
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NAME

ata_std_bios_param - generic bios head/sector/cylinder calculator  

SYNOPSIS

int ata_std_bios_param (struct scsi_device * sdev, struct block_device * bdev, sector_t capacity, int * geom);  

ARGUMENTS

sdev
-- undescribed --
bdev
-- undescribed --
capacity
-- undescribed --
geom
-- undescribed --
 

DESCRIPTION

used by sd. Most BIOSes nowadays expect a XXX/255/16 (CHS) mapping. Some situations may arise where the disk is not bootable if this is not used.  

LOCKING

 

RETURNS

 

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.6.1.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
ARGUMENTS
DESCRIPTION
LOCKING
RETURNS
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

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