Re: [PATCH] disk/mdraid1x: Fix >2TB RAID detection with BIOS

[Robert LeBlanc]

What is the verdict on getting the RAID detection fixed?

Thanks,
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Robert LeBlanc
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Robert LeBlanc <address@hidden> wrote:
> Andrei,
>
> I sent a VM that displays the problem. It bounced from the listserv (I
> kind of expected that), but should have been sent to your email
> directly as well.
>
> For my own curiosity are you against the patch I submitted? I
> understand that you are trying to figure out why the sectors can't be
> accessed as a larger issue. Is there something I can do to help get
> this resolved?
>
> Some more details on the hardware:
> SuperMicro SYS-6028TP-HTFR
> BIOS 1.1 American Megatrends Inc 08/03/2015
> Intel I350 NIC firmware 1.63 (iSCSI boot)
>
> For KVM I'm running Debian stretch with
> ii  qemu-kvm
> 1:2.7+dfsg-3+b1                      amd64        QEMU Full
> virtualization on x86 hardware
>
>
>
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> Robert LeBlanc
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>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:53 PM, Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 20.11.2016 05:47, Robert LeBlanc пишет:
>>> This is on super micro and KVM. You can replicate it on a VM.
>>>
>>
>> I can't without more details. 5TB drive is correctly shown as 5TB in
>> QEMU KVM 2.5 here.
>>
>>> Sent from a mobile device, please excuse any typos.
>>>
>>> On Nov 19, 2016 11:40 AM, "Andrei Borzenkov" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 19.11.2016 20:57, Robert LeBlanc пишет:
>>>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 1:59 AM, Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> biosdisk mdraid1x
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the screenshot of the output.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So it does not even mask LBA to 32 bit, it really returns 2TB. What
>>>> system (motherboard) is it? What is disk controller? How drives are
>>>> connected (directly to motherboard or some external adapter)?
>>>>
>>>
>>