2 * Hard disk geometry utilities
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34 #include "hw/block-common.h"
38 uint8_t boot_ind; /* 0x80 - active */
39 uint8_t head; /* starting head */
40 uint8_t sector; /* starting sector */
41 uint8_t cyl; /* starting cylinder */
42 uint8_t sys_ind; /* What partition type */
43 uint8_t end_head; /* end head */
44 uint8_t end_sector; /* end sector */
45 uint8_t end_cyl; /* end cylinder */
46 uint32_t start_sect; /* starting sector counting from 0 */
47 uint32_t nr_sects; /* nr of sectors in partition */
50 /* try to guess the disk logical geometry from the MSDOS partition table.
51 Return 0 if OK, -1 if could not guess */
52 static int guess_disk_lchs(BlockDriverState *bs,
53 int *pcylinders, int *pheads, int *psectors)
55 uint8_t buf[BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE];
56 int i, heads, sectors, cylinders;
61 bdrv_get_geometry(bs, &nb_sectors);
64 * The function will be invoked during startup not only in sync I/O mode,
65 * but also in async I/O mode. So the I/O throttling function has to
66 * be disabled temporarily here, not permanently.
68 if (bdrv_read_unthrottled(bs, 0, buf, 1) < 0) {
71 /* test msdos magic */
72 if (buf[510] != 0x55 || buf[511] != 0xaa) {
75 for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
76 p = ((struct partition *)(buf + 0x1be)) + i;
77 nr_sects = le32_to_cpu(p->nr_sects);
78 if (nr_sects && p->end_head) {
79 /* We make the assumption that the partition terminates on
80 a cylinder boundary */
81 heads = p->end_head + 1;
82 sectors = p->end_sector & 63;
86 cylinders = nb_sectors / (heads * sectors);
87 if (cylinders < 1 || cylinders > 16383) {
92 *pcylinders = cylinders;
93 trace_hd_geometry_lchs_guess(bs, cylinders, heads, sectors);
100 static void guess_chs_for_size(BlockDriverState *bs,
101 int *pcyls, int *pheads, int *psecs)
106 bdrv_get_geometry(bs, &nb_sectors);
108 cylinders = nb_sectors / (16 * 63);
109 if (cylinders > 16383) {
111 } else if (cylinders < 2) {
119 void hd_geometry_guess(BlockDriverState *bs,
120 int *pcyls, int *pheads, int *psecs)
122 int translation, lba_detected = 0;
123 int cylinders, heads, secs;
125 bdrv_get_geometry_hint(bs, &cylinders, &heads, &secs);
126 translation = bdrv_get_translation_hint(bs);
128 if (cylinders != 0) {
129 /* already got a geometry hint: use it */
136 if (guess_disk_lchs(bs, &cylinders, &heads, &secs) < 0) {
137 /* no LCHS guess: use a standard physical disk geometry */
139 guess_chs_for_size(bs, pcyls, pheads, psecs);
140 if ((lba_detected == 1) && (translation == BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO)) {
141 if ((*pcyls * *pheads) <= 131072) {
142 bdrv_set_translation_hint(bs,
143 BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_LARGE);
145 bdrv_set_translation_hint(bs,
146 BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_LBA);
149 } else if (heads > 16) {
150 /* LCHS guess with heads > 16 means that a BIOS LBA
151 translation was active, so a standard physical disk
154 goto default_geometry;
156 /* LCHS guess with heads <= 16: use as physical geometry */
160 /* disable any translation to be in sync with
161 the logical geometry */
162 if (translation == BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO) {
163 bdrv_set_translation_hint(bs,
164 BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_NONE);
167 bdrv_set_geometry_hint(bs, *pcyls, *pheads, *psecs);
168 trace_hd_geometry_guess(bs, *pcyls, *pheads, *psecs, translation);