Re: Does Linux support more than 2TB on a USB attached device?
Alan Stern <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.usb.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Alan Cox wrote: > > scsi_host_alloc creates a host structure with max_cmd_len set to 12. > > > > To allow USB Storage to accept 16-byte CDBs, the following will need to > > be added: > > > > host->max_cmd_len = 16; /* or some symbol */ > > > > That should allow for USB storage devices larger than 2TiB. > > The question is whether USB storage as a specification permits this, and > what other hardware does if this happens. The specification does allow it. I don't see any reason why that can't be added. Richard, would you like to submit a patch? Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel