Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: bio too big device | Date | Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:20:28 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > Couldn't we have a list of known good drives, though, and enable 256 > > sectors as a special case? > > My problem is that I just don't see the point. What's the difference > between 256 and 254 sectors? 128kB vs 127kB?
Ah, I thought there was a reason that it was a Good Thing to keep it as a power of 2, which would mean 64kB vs 128kB, but if not then I totally agree.
> Also, looking closer, the current limit actually seems to be _controller_ > dependent, not disk-dependent. I don't know how valid that is, but it > looks reasonable at least in theory - while the IDE controller is mostly a > passthrough thing, it does end up doing part of the work. So the picture > look smore complex than just another drive blacklist. > > In short, the headaches just aren't worth the 127->128kB gain.
I wasn't aware of the controller issue - with that thrown in to the mix, I see your point.
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