Jim Meyering wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Jim Meyering wrote:
>>>>> Hi Olaf,
>>>>>
>>>>> Almost a year ago, I requested test case additions (would have
>>>>> been nice, but not required) and some minor changes to your patch:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.parted.devel/1610/focus=1615
>>>>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.parted.devel/1610/focus=1616
>>>>>
>>>>> but it looks like you never replied to either message.
>>>> As I said, I dont have time nor the hardware to work on this anymore.
>>> That's a shame.
>>> I hope someone with the required hardware will
>>> pick up where you left off.
>> It's not clear to me that much special hardware is required, except
>> perhaps to actually test the handling of disks > 2 TB. GPT partition
>> tables is going to have to be standard even on PC-BIOS, just due to
>> the fact that disks are going to cross the 2 TB mark soon enough --
>> hardware RAIDs already do on a regular basis.
>
> Are you're willing to help out with this?
> If so, I'll spend some time on it, too.
I can, as it is an important issue, but I am currently in the process of
digging myself out of a very deep hole, so I will have pretty limited
time at least for a few weeks.
-hpa
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