linux-kernel - Re: What's in libata-dev.git

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Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:47:31 +0400
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: What's in libata-dev.git

Hello.

Jeff Garzik wrote:

>>> The following libata changes are queued for 2.6.19:
>>>
>>> General
>>> -------
>>> * Increase lba28 max sectors from 200 to 256
>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> Jeff Garzik:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>       [ATA] Increase lba48 max-sectors from 200 to 256.

>>    So was it for LBA28 or for LBA48?
>>    As for LBA28, it might be quite dangerous. Particularly, I know 
>> that IBM drives used to mistreated 256 as 0 in the past (bumped into 
>> that on a 8-year old drive which is still alive though).

> That's a typo.  The first description ("lba28") is correct.

> Let me know if your IBM drive has problems with current 
> libata-dev.git#upstream...

    It's not likely I'll be able to try it. But I'm absolutely sure that drive 
aborted the read commands with the sector count of 0 (i.e. 256 actually). The 
exact model was IBM DHEA-34331.
    255 sectors actually seems more safe bet.

WBR, Sergei
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