ata_std_bios_param
Name
ata_std_bios_param -- generic bios head/sector/cylinder calculator used by sd.
Synopsis
int ata_std_bios_param
(struct scsi_device * sdev, struct block_device * bdev, sector_t capacity, int geom[]);
Arguments
sdev
SCSI device for which BIOS geometry is to be determined
bdev
block device associated with sdev
capacity
capacity of SCSI device
geom[]
location to which geometry will be output
Description
Generic bios head/sector/cylinder calculator
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
Defined by the SCSI layer. We don't really care.