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Thanks for all the info . . . I'll put it on my todo list. -- Ben -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Corry [mailto:kevcorry@us.ibm.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:00 AM > To: opengfs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Greg Freemyer; Dominik Vogt > Subject: Re: [ogfs-dev]ogfs_jadd and EVMS FSIM > > > On Tuesday 22 April 2003 09:31, Greg Freemyer wrote: > > >> Also, don't forget about the BLKGETSIZE64 ioctl, if > you are planning > > >> on supporting >2TB devices. Keep in mind, however, that > this ioctl > > >> returns the > > >> device size in bytes (*not* in sectors). It is also > only available > > >> since 2.4.10 ... but I'm assuming you don't really care about > > >> supporting really old > > >> kernels. > > > > I know the XFS team uses BLKGETSIZE64 and it had been a > source of problems > > due to drivers that didn't support it. > > > > I believe XFS now attempts a BLKGETSIZE64, but if it fails > they fall back > > to BLKGETSIZE. > > > > If we want to try BLKGETSIZE64, we need to do the same thing. > > Certainly. However, when ogfs gets ported to 2.5, this ioctl > will always be > available, since it is handled by the common block layer code. > > -- > Kevin Corry > kevcorry@us.ibm.com > http://evms.sourceforge.net/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Opengfs-devel mailing list > Opengfs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opengfs-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Opengfs-devel mailing list Opengfs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opengfs-devel