Messages in this thread |  | | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Date | Thu, 20 Sep 2001 12:38:18 -0600 | Subject | Re: qlogic driver , 1Tbyte hard error |
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On Sep 20, 2001 09:50 -0600, Eric Weigle wrote: > > The maximum supported file system size under Linux 2.4 is just under 1Tb. > > The scsi layer gets slightly confused a bit earlier with its printk messages > > Is there any particular (that is, technical) reason for this? A few months > ago I hit this problem while building a RAID system for our group. We wanted > to do software RAID-0 over three hardware RAID-5 arrays (2 by 375G and one > 525G) and the kernel (2.4.6) had a hissy fit. > > Given the relatively low cost of disk space ($5000/terabyte and on up, see > http://staff.sdsc.edu/its/terafile/), is this something that will be supported > in the future? > > If you point me in the right direction I'd be willing to look at this issue.
There is a patch to allow 64-bit block devices - Ben LaHaise or Jens Axbow put it out about 2 months ago. I believe it fixes the SCSI midlayer, and a limited number of drivers. This is probably a good starting point (you may need to update the particular SCSI driver you are using).
Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert
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