[ale] Large File-System Support w/2.4.9 using megaraid driver

[Christopher Fowler]

Do the test without the glibc stuff.  use nasm of gas and so a syscall
then look at the return values.

On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 08:27, Danny Cox wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 19:05, Steven A. DuChene wrote:
> > Yes, but if I am understanding Jonathan's problem correctly he is not yet
> > at the filesystem creation point. He is simply trying to partition the logical
> > drive. Should have nothing to do with large file support yet.
> 
> 	I agree, but user progs must still use glibc to access the block
> device, and that includes fdisk, cfdisk and the like.  If they're
> getting large negative numbers, perhaps the underlying driver isn't 64
> bit clean yet.
> 
> 	If he was using glibc <2.2.x, then the problem *could* still be glibc. 
> I've simply eliminated one possibility.  I'm now thinking about the
> driver, but another thought just reared it's ugly head: the partition
> table itself.  I don't know the format, but it's been short-sighted
> before, no?  What, only 10 bits for number of sectors, or something like
> that?
> 
> -- 
> kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that preserves the
> medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.
> 
> Danny
> 
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