From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759444AbYCGKlB (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 05:41:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754467AbYCGKky (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 05:40:54 -0500 Received: from smtp.seznam.cz ([77.75.72.43]:55456 "HELO smtp.seznam.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754274AbYCGKkx (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 05:40:53 -0500 From: "Frantisek Rysanek" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:48:10 +0100 Subject: Re: block layer / FS question: x86_32bit with LBD, 20 TB RAID volume => funny issues Message-ID: <47D12B7A.29851.BA771AB4@localhost> In-reply-to: <87hcfig9tr.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> References: <47D0EA6B.18428.A235AEC4@Frantisek.Rysanek.post.cz> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) X-Smtpd: 1.0.32@12660 X-Seznam-User: frantisek.rysanek@post.cz Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 7 Mar 2008 at 10:30, Andi Kleen wrote: [...snip...] > BTW your problems mostly sound like driver issues. Some drivers > (and some controller firmwares) have problems with large block numbers > thanks for that hint, I'll investigate that too. The HBA is a Qlogic QLA-2460. Based on some past experience with other brands of FC HBA's, I tend to swear on Qlogic as the reference implementation of FC hardware. The driver I've tried so far is the vanilla version in 2.6.22.6 and 2.6.24.2. The firmware that I load at runtime is something I've downloaded from Qlogic web maybe four months ago... time to update my firmware :-) Frank Rysanek