linux-kernel - RE: support for drives larger than 2TiB

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Date:	Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:25:28 -0700
From:	Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@...mail.com>
To:	<greg.freemyer@...il.com>
CC:	<tj@...nel.org>, <jeff@...zik.org>, <ben.collins@...ntu.com>,
	<linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<hmh@...ian.org>
Subject: RE: support for drives larger than 2TiB

> 64-bit LBA? I assume you meant 48-bit LBA from ATA-7. It will
> address up to PBs I believe. (KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, ....)
Yes, the sector number in Int13 extensions really is 64-bit.
Look at the Ralf Brown Interrupt List, for example.

Yuhong Bao

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