... 32-bit system limits drive offsets to 2TB. > > There will be ... exceed 2TB. > > So.. what's the replacement for HDIO_GETGEO on 32- ... -bit friendly. > > But this requires about 150 lines of somewhat complex ... we're over 2TB, isn't it impossible to use DOS ...

linux-kernel - James Bottomley - Mar 25 2008 - 11:17

... on a 32-bit system limits drive offsets to 2TB. > > > > There will be single ... > that exceed 2TB. > > > > So.. what's the replacement for HDIO_GETGEO on 32-bits ? ... 64-bit friendly. > > > > But this requires about 150 lines of somewhat complex C ...

linux-kernel - Greg Freemyer - Mar 25 2008 - 13:45

... a 32-bit system limits drive offsets to 2TB. > > > > > > There will be single ... that exceed 2TB. > > > > > > So.. what's the replacement for HDIO_GETGEO on 32-bits ... 64-bit friendly. > > > > > > But this requires about 150 lines of somewhat complex C ...

linux-kernel - Randy Dunlap - Mar 25 2008 - 13:52

... Practically all utilities that care about it, >> use ioctl(fd, HDIO_GETGEO ... geometry doesn't make sense on > a >2TB drive does it ... DOS partition scheme > requires it. Once we're over 2TB, isn ... those also likely to be 32-bit limited. The "partition offset ...

linux-kernel - Mark Lord - Mar 25 2008 - 13:31

... Practically all utilities that care about it, > >> use ioctl(fd, HDIO_GETGEO ... DOS partition scheme > > requires it. Once we're over 2TB, isn ... those also likely to be 32-bit limited. > > The "partition offset ... just need an easy way to get it, given a dev_t ...

linux-kernel - James Bottomley - Mar 25 2008 - 15:32

... "unsigned long", > >> which on a 32-bit system limits drive offsets to 2TB. > > > > One relevant question is: does anybody seriously care about the > > ... & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the ...

linux-kernel - Greg Freemyer - Mar 25 2008 - 09:51

... long", >> which on a 32-bit system limits drive offsets to 2TB. > > One relevant question is: does anybody seriously care about the ... don't then couple them to CPU's that are five ... match, rather than just trying to access something like this: /sys ...

linux-kernel - Mark Lord - Mar 25 2008 - 09:34

... long", >>> which on a 32-bit system limits drive offsets to ... 2TB. >> >> One relevant question is: does anybody seriously care about the ... don't then couple them to CPU's that are five ... are not there yet... ric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send ...

linux-kernel - Ric Wheeler - Mar 25 2008 - 10:31

... 0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > > Well 2TB, assuming a 4k blocksize, means ... is written to the wrong location on disk --- on top of ... your memory usage, although we do have a tdb option which ... unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in ...

linux-kernel - Theodore Tso - Mar 25 2008 - 16:51

... Anvin wrote: >>> Randy Dunlap wrote: >>>>> Come on people, adding symlinks for device ... times. How does this have anything to do with boot times? ... disk in the sysfs tree for every disk? What does it do that for? I thought we were talking about 2TB ...

linux-kernel - Greg KH - Mar 25 2008 - 19:00

... already mounted, that's what you're forced to do. > I thought we were talking about 2TB disks ... or rather, device-owner only). Since the information is already in sysfs, ... To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the ...

linux-kernel - H. Peter Anvin - Mar 25 2008 - 19:05

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 04:05:32PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin ... > already mounted, that's what you're forced to do. > >> I thought we were talking about 2TB disks here, ... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body ...

linux-kernel - Greg KH - Mar 25 2008 - 19:22

... virtual address space to fsck 2TB. Well 2TB, assuming a 4k ... bit about the design, and I just need a minion to ... or so before you despair ;-) > > On a serious note, fsck time ... inode creation or > something like the uninitialized ext4 inodes). And ext4 ...

linux-kernel - Theodore Tso - Mar 25 2008 - 12:47

... already mounted, that's what you're forced to do. >> >>> I thought we were talking about 2TB disks ... should depend on sysfs and *a*special*configuration* of udev, while the admin ... nor manually create symlinks pointing to them, and not use relative path ...

linux-kernel - Bodo Eggert - Mar 26 2008 - 07:30

... already mounted, that's what you're forced to do. > >> > >>> I thought we were talking about 2TB disks ... should depend on sysfs and *a*special*configuration* of udev, > while the admin ... org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org ...

linux-kernel - Greg KH - Mar 26 2008 - 23:52

... compatibility that it is perceived to give with things like > > browser ... in size). I can attest to this. I hear from a reliable source (manufacturer) that 2TB 3.5" disks will be ... on this hardware. -Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the ...

linux-kernel - Andrew Paprocki - Mar 25 2008 - 11:25

... device is obviously going to depend on the filesystem, but it ... enough virtual address space to fsck 2TB. -- Intel are signing my ... look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this ... operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly ...

linux-kernel - Matthew Wilcox - Mar 25 2008 - 11:34

... device is obviously going to depend on the filesystem, > but it ... enough > virtual address space to fsck 2TB. Absolutely - they more or ... we will let you run the fsck and watch it run ... unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in ...

linux-kernel - Ric Wheeler - Mar 25 2008 - 11:48