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Re: WD_QUIRK_FORCE_LBA48



On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 06:50:05PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
 >>> This would need to be tested more carefully, but actually this problem is
 >>> detected automatically and the quirk table for these drives should not be
 >>> needed any more (I didn't remove this table just to be conservative).
 >> 
 >> What about PR/36896 where sector 0 got overwritten.
 > 
 > This kernel doesn't have the autodetect code, obviously.
 > With the autodetect code the error message would have something like
 > Aug 31 11:59:50 30_DEMO_697 /netbsd: wd1g: LBA48 bug writing fsbn 216369024 
 > of 216369024-216369151 (wd1 bn 268435391; cn 266304 tn 15 sn 14), retrying
 > 
 > Aug 31 11:59:51 30_DEMO_697 /netbsd: wd1: soft error (corrected) 
 > 
 > The autodetect code has been commited to HEAD on 2007/09/16,
 > and pulled up to various branches one month later.

So that PR can be closed?

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David A. Holland
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