Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755468Ab0GXSqS (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:46:18 -0400 Received: from snt0-omc3-s1.snt0.hotmail.com ([65.55.90.140]:29058 "EHLO snt0-omc3-s1.snt0.hotmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754368Ab0GXSqO convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:46:14 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 371 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:46:14 EDT Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [96.253.143.208] From: Yuhong Bao To: , , , , , Subject: RE: support for drives larger than 2TiB Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:40:02 -0700 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <4C4AB952.9030705@kernel.org> References: <4C4AB952.9030705@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Jul 2010 18:40:02.0272 (UTC) FILETIME=[A05FEE00:01CB2B5F] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 16 > However, 2TiB limit is > inherent in the BIOS programming interface and currently the only way > to overcome it is using a completely different BIOS interface (EFI, > that is). Nope, look at the Int13 extensions, it already support 64-bit LBA. Yuhong Bao _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4-- 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/