Re: [gmane.network.aoe.aoetools.general] enbd and 4TB

"Peter T. Breuer" <[email protected]> Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:09:45 +0100 (MET)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.enbd.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Also sprach Florian Frank:"
> >       c = sectors >> 14;
> >       while (c++ * (255 * 63) < sectors);
> >       c--;
> > 
> > (h = 255, s = 63, so h * s is a bit smaller than 2^14 )
> done.
> 
> Yeah. It looks really good.
> 
> insmod enbd.ko - ok
> mkfs.xfs /dev/nda - ok

I'm surprised. I didn't think the other changes would have any effect,
because the limits were already good up till 4TB as far as I could see.
I'd be curious to know what precisely was the problem that has now gone
away.

> df -h /dev/nda
> /dev/nda              3.7T  1.2G  3.7T   1% /mnt
> 
> At the moment I am running a stress test. Everything looks good.
> 
> Should I generate a patch-file of all the changes and send it to you for
> integration in enbd?

Sure - please do.

Peter