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Re: [PATCH] wrong CHS limit check


From: Robert Millan
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wrong CHS limit check
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:29:16 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11)

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 04:14:46PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> +      soff = sector % data->sectors + 1;
> +      head = sector / data->sectors;

Or rather, as pointed out by Bean on IRC:

  soff = ((grub_uint32_t) sector) % data->sectors + 1;
  head = ((grub_uint32_t) sector) / data->sectors;

to avoid gratuitous 64-bit division where 32-bit is enough.

-- 
Robert Millan

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