- int cylinders, heads, sectors;
- uint8_t translation;
- /* NOTE: bdrv_get_geometry_hint() returns the geometry
- that the hard disk returns. It is always such that: 1 <=
- sects <= 63, 1 <= heads <= 16, 1 <= cylinders <=
- 16383. The BIOS geometry can be different. */
- bdrv_get_geometry_hint(hd_table[i], &cylinders, &heads, §ors);
- if (cylinders <= 1024 && heads <= 16 && sectors <= 63) {
- /* No translation. */
- translation = 0;
+ int cylinders, heads, sectors, translation;
+ /* NOTE: bdrv_get_geometry_hint() returns the physical
+ geometry. It is always such that: 1 <= sects <= 63, 1
+ <= heads <= 16, 1 <= cylinders <= 16383. The BIOS
+ geometry can be different if a translation is done. */
+ translation = bdrv_get_translation_hint(hd_table[i]);
+ if (translation == BIOS_ATA_TRANSLATION_AUTO) {
+ bdrv_get_geometry_hint(hd_table[i], &cylinders, &heads, §ors);
+ if (cylinders <= 1024 && heads <= 16 && sectors <= 63) {
+ /* No translation. */
+ translation = 0;
+ } else {
+ /* LBA translation. */
+ translation = 1;
+ }