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Eschmann, Michael K wrote:
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In case you weren't aware, ATA 48-bit "extended" read and write supports 1 to 65536 sectors so the comment about it only supporting 256 sectors is incorrect. TTFN, MKE.
> For lba28 devices, > Linux limits you to 0xff (actually a tiny bit > less) as expected.
Linux lba28 max is xFE LBA's per CDB?
ATA lba48 limits you to 256 sectors.
libata limits lba28 devices to 200 sectors, for various reasons.
Doh! Thanks for noticing -- I clearly meant lba28 here, drawing a comparison between what ATA lba28 and libata lba28 maximums are.
Jeff
