Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:33:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:33:58 -0500 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:60944 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:33:57 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:44:40 +0100 From: Andries Brouwer To: Jens Axboe Cc: Andre Hedrick , scott thomason , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: bio too big device Message-ID: <20030312154440.GA4868@win.tue.nl> References: <20030312090943.GA3298@suse.de> <20030312101414.GB3950@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030312101414.GB3950@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 759 Lines: 21 On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:14:14AM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > So I still think it's much better stick with the safe choice. Why do you > think it's only one drive that has this bug? It basically boils down to > whether That Other OS uses 256 sector commands or not. If it doesn't, I > wouldn't trust the drives one bit. I am not quite sure I understand your reasoning. We have seen *zero* drives that do not understand 256 sector commands. Maybe such drives exist, but so far there is zero evidence. Andries - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/