Bug 116764

Summary:	>2 Terabytes SCSI device support
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	crucify <shj>
Component:	[OLD] Server	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	jakub, m.debruijne
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/release-notes/as-x86/RELEASE-NOTES-U1-x86-en.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description crucify 2005-12-26 03:06:44 UTC

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/release-notes/as-x86/RELEASE-NOTES-U1-x86-en.html

Changes to Drivers and Hardware Support

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 provides support for disk devices that are larger than 2 terabytes (TB). Although there is limited support for this feature in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 release, Update 1 contains many improvements (both in user space programs and in the kernel). In general, Update 1 is considered a requirement for support of disk devices larger than 2 TB. 

Please note the following guidelines and restrictions related to large device support: 
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Please apply this patch.
I wish more 2TB.
Thank you.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-26 03:19:03 UTC

This is really non-trivial, and requires changes in user-space tools as well, not only in kernel. I'm also not sure that we can even properly test such stuff. This should be IMHO discussed in gentoo-dev ML, not in bugzilla.

Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-29 12:39:00 UTC

Please ask Red Hat to contribute their work upstream and then it will be automatically included in Gentoo. Or at least post the patches for us to look at.