Luiz Capitulino [off-list ref] wrote:

when using the hdparm program, thus:

 # hdparm /dev/hda

 I'm getting this:

 Oops: 0000 [#1]

This should fix it.

--- 25/include/linux/genhd.h~large-dev_t-12-fix	2003-08-27 10:36:32.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/include/linux/genhd.h	2003-08-27 10:36:32.000000000 -0700

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ extern void rand_initialize_disk(struct 
 
 static inline sector_t get_start_sect(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	return bdev->bd_part->start_sect;
+	return bdev->bd_contains == bdev ? 0 : bdev->bd_part->start_sect;
 }
 static inline sector_t get_capacity(struct gendisk *disk)
 {

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