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Authored by tsoome on Nov 3 2018, 12:52 PM.
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The disk access is validated by using partition table definitions, therefore
we have no need for if statements, just set the disk size.

Of course the partition table itself may be incorrect/inconsistent, but if
so, we are in trouble anyhow.

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Seems legit to me. I like the abstraction even if we don't determine the size in multiple places.

juan.molina_club.fr added inline comments.
stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c
445 ↗(On Diff #49967)

Typo: mulitplication

tsoome added inline comments.
stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c
445 ↗(On Diff #49967)

Yes, thanks:)

tsoome marked an inline comment as done.

Typo fixed.

This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Nov 7 2018, 11:14 AM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.