linux-kernel - Re: What to do about the 2TB limit on HDIO

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Message-ID: <20080327190510.GO16721@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:05:10 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: What to do about the 2TB limit on HDIO_GETGEO ?

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 02:26:45PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Well, when dealing with shell scripts a O(n) very easily becomes O(n^2). 
>  For the stuff that I, personally, do, it's not a big deal, but people 
> with large number of disks have serious gripes with our boot times.

This should be a solved problem with scsi_mod.scan=async (or equivalent
compile option).  Are people still complaining about it, and if so, have
they tried this option?

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