Re: Cannot boot the real thing from HDD

"Marc-F. Lucca-Daniau" <[email protected]> Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:35:59 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-8086
Message-ID <[email protected]>
As you want Sir... :-)

Renamed 'track' to 'cylinder' in commit:

https://github.com/elks-org/elks/commit/6b06204d2eb3a312bc13a5225dd93693dbd352d0

MFLD


> On Mon, 3 Feb 2020, Paul Osmialowski wrote:
>
>> Pressed send too fast.
>>
>> Tracks usually means cylinders * heads.
>> Heads usually means tracks per cylinder.
>>
>> Still, to avoid confusions like that, this option should be renamed to
>> 'cylinders' and accept relevant part of C/H/S geometry.
>>
>> On Mon, 3 Feb 2020, Paul Osmialowski wrote:
>>
>>> Also I think the name of config option in kernel configuration is
>>> misleading. Tracks refers to number of tracks per cylinder which is heads
>>> * sectors. I assume what this option really expects is 'cylinders', and
>>> IMO should be named that way.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Paul