int active = 1;
int heads = -1;
int sectors = -1;
+int kb_align = 0;
struct partinfo parts[4];
char *filename = NULL;
return sect + cyl_size - (sect % cyl_size);
}
+/* round the sector number up to the kb_align boundary */
+static inline unsigned long round_to_kb(long sect) {
+ return ((sect - 1) / kb_align + 1) * kb_align;
+}
+
/* check the partition sizes and write the partition table */
static int gen_ptable(int nr)
{
}
pte[i].active = ((i + 1) == active) ? 0x80 : 0;
pte[i].type = parts[i].type;
- pte[i].start = cpu_to_le16(start = sect + sectors);
- sect = round_to_cyl(start + parts[i].size * 2);
+ start = sect + sectors;
+ if (kb_align != 0)
+ start = round_to_kb(start);
+ pte[i].start = cpu_to_le16(start);
+ sect = start + parts[i].size * 2;
+ if (kb_align == 0)
+ sect = round_to_cyl(sect);
pte[i].length = cpu_to_le16(len = sect - start);
to_chs(start, pte[i].chs_start);
to_chs(start + len - 1, pte[i].chs_end);
static void usage(char *prog)
{
- fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-v] -h <heads> -s <sectors> -o <outputfile> [-a 0..4] [[-t <type>] -p <size>...] \n", prog);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-v] -h <heads> -s <sectors> -o <outputfile> [-a 0..4] [-l <align kB>] [[-t <type>] -p <size>...] \n", prog);
exit(1);
}
int ch;
int part = 0;
- while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "h:s:p:a:t:o:v")) != -1) {
+ while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "h:s:p:a:t:o:vl:")) != -1) {
switch (ch) {
case 'o':
filename = optarg;
if ((active < 0) || (active > 4))
active = 0;
break;
+ case 'l':
+ kb_align = (int) strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0) * 2;
+ break;
case '?':
default:
usage(argv[0]);