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

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Message-ID: <47EB2953.4070301@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:57:55 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
CC:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....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 ?

Greg KH wrote:
>> So e.g. lilo should depend on sysfs and *a*special*configuration* of udev,
>> while the admin MUST NOT use mknod'ed device files nor manually create
>> symlinks pointing to them, and not use relative path names?
>> That's plain stupid.
> 
> If sysfs is stupid, then use an ioctl, have I objected to that?

I think he's objecting to the dependency on udev configuration, not to 
sysfs.

	-hpa
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