[U-Boot] [PATCH] Fix block device accesses beyond 2TiB

Albert ARIBAUD
2013-06-22T15:31:12Z

Hi Fr?d?ric,

On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:29:26 +0200, Fr?d?ric Leroy <fredo@starox.org>
wrote:

> Hello Albert, Sascha, Marek
>
> Le 22/06/2013 12:07, Albert ARIBAUD a ?crit :
> > > Quick review looks OK.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Marek Vasut
> >
> > Anyone could test Sascha's patch? Especially Fr?d?dic, can you test it
> > and see how this works with your enabling 64-bit LBA on LaCie kirkwood
> > products?
> >
> > Amicalement,
>
> I applied Sascha patch with 64-bit LBA enabled.
> I verifyed it by using the "ide read" command.
> Logs are attached for u-boot tests, with and without the patch.
> I added the output of dd of the same block on a linux machine in order
> to verify the content.
> There is still issues to access file on a ext fs beyond the 2.1 limit
> (see end of logs).
>
> However, the patch issues no warning at compile time and fixes the ide
> block layer.

OK -- anyone has any idea why Sasha's patch fixes reading from "far"
blocks but does not fix ex2ls? Frankly, I'd prefer it if the patch
fixed it all. :)

> Best regards,

Amicalement,
--
Albert.