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Index: head/stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c
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--- head/stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c
+++ head/stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@
#define BD(dev) (bdinfo[(dev)->dd.d_unit])
+static void bd_io_workaround(struct disk_devdesc *dev);
+
static int bd_read(struct disk_devdesc *dev, daddr_t dblk, int blks,
caddr_t dest);
static int bd_write(struct disk_devdesc *dev, daddr_t dblk, int blks,
@@ -724,6 +726,15 @@
return (0);
}
+static void
+bd_io_workaround(struct disk_devdesc *dev)
+{
+ uint8_t buf[8 * 1024];
+
+ bd_edd_io(dev, 0xffffffff, 1, (caddr_t)buf, 0);
+}
+
+
static int
bd_io(struct disk_devdesc *dev, daddr_t dblk, int blks, caddr_t dest, int write)
{
@@ -736,6 +747,17 @@
resid = blks;
p = dest;
+
+ /*
+ * Workaround for a problem with some HP ProLiant BIOS failing to work out
+ * the boot disk after installation. hrs and kuriyama discovered this
+ * problem with an HP ProLiant DL320e Gen 8 with a 3TB HDD, and discovered
+ * that an int13h call seems to cause a buffer overrun in the bios. The
+ * problem is alleviated by doing an extra read before the buggy read. It
+ * is not immediately known whether other models are similarly affected.
+ */
+ if (dblk >= 0x100000000)
+ bd_io_workaround(dev);
/* Decide whether we have to bounce */
if (VTOP(dest) >> 20 != 0 || (BD(dev).bd_unit < 0x80 &&

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