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Re: WD_QUIRK_FORCE_LBA48



On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 08:21:16AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> 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?

I think so

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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