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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/virtio_blk.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 6143337527e..d2fe679519e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -152,9 +152,20 @@ static int virtblk_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
(void __user *)data);
}
+/* We provide getgeo only to please some old bootloader/partitioning tools */
+static int virtblk_getgeo(struct block_device *bd, struct hd_geometry *geo)
+{
+ /* some standard values, similar to sd */
+ geo->heads = 1 << 6;
+ geo->sectors = 1 << 5;
+ geo->cylinders = get_capacity(bd->bd_disk) >> 11;
+ return 0;
+}
+
static struct block_device_operations virtblk_fops = {
- .ioctl = virtblk_ioctl,
- .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .ioctl = virtblk_ioctl,
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .getgeo = virtblk_getgeo,
};
static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)