From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: max_sectors in libata when using md
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:30:49 -0400
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Dave wrote:
> I believe. I wish the SATA layer would allow a mechanism to auto
> detect drive being LBA48 or LBA28 and adjust accordingly instead of
> just default to a very low sector count.


The SATA layer already does this...  but only on 2.6.x kernels.

drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c, ata_scsi_slave_config()

	Jeff