Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756391Ab0GXSsR (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:48:17 -0400 Received: from snt0-omc3-s3.snt0.hotmail.com ([65.55.90.142]:30961 "EHLO snt0-omc3-s3.snt0.hotmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754368Ab0GXSsK convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:48:10 -0400 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 11:48:09 -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 18:48:09.0994 (UTC) FILETIME=[C31466A0:01CB2B60] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1168 Lines: 21 > I've been playing with a SATA 2.5T drive and things don't look too > bad. All four controllers I've tested worked fine and the driver and > kernel worked just fine. Even BIOSes don't seem too bad. At least > the two boards I tested (both about three years old) didn't have much > problem recognizing upto 2TiB and could access and boot fine although > I'm fairly sure there will be BIOSes which would behave erratically. In fact, Seagate is already selling 3TB external drives and CrunchGear was already able to get the internal 3TB drive inside out: http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/01/hands-on-the-seagate-freeagent-goflex-desk-3tb-external-hard-drive/ Yuhong Bao _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1-- 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/