- fix range max value >2TB when creating a partition (useful for LVs >2TB)

nb: >> 11 and << 11 doesn't work on floats which we use to handle >2TB
partitions. perl floats are precise enough up until 512TB

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/common.pm b/perl-install/common.pm
index 10d762272..5ad572b5b 100644
--- a/perl-install/common.pm
+++ b/perl-install/common.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use run_program;
 
 use Exporter;
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
-our @EXPORT = qw($SECTORSIZE N P N_ check_for_xserver files_exist formatTime formatXiB makedev mandrake_release mandrake_release_info removeXiBSuffix require_root_capability setVirtual set_alternative set_l10n_sort set_permissions translate unmakedev);
+our @EXPORT = qw($SECTORSIZE N P N_ check_for_xserver files_exist formatTime MB formatXiB makedev mandrake_release mandrake_release_info removeXiBSuffix require_root_capability setVirtual set_alternative set_l10n_sort set_permissions translate unmakedev);
 
 # perl_checker: RE-EXPORT-ALL
 push @EXPORT, @MDK::Common::EXPORT;
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ sub nonblock {
     fcntl($F, c::F_SETFL(), fcntl($F, c::F_GETFL(), 0) | c::O_NONBLOCK()) or die "can not fcntl F_SETFL: $!";
 }
 
+#- return a size in sector
+#- ie MB(1) is 2048 sectors, which is 1MB
+sub MB {
+    my ($nb_MB) = @_;
+    $nb_MB * 2048;
+}
+
 sub removeXiBSuffix {
     local $_ = shift;