Kernel 3.4 behaves weirdly with flash drives
Hi folks, In kernels 3.4 and 3.4.2, the kernel gets the size of my pen drives wrong: it thinks they're EB[1] in size, when they're actually only 4GB and 8GB. This issue is not present in the 3.3 kernel. I was wondering if any one else is facing the same issue? The bug is filed here[2]. As a result, I cannot use stuff like fdisk on my system too. It complains: [root@ankur ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.21.2). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command. WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. WARNING: The size of this disk is 1122759.7 TB (18302628885633696256 bytes). DOS partition table format can not be used on drives for volumes larger than (2199023255040 bytes) for 512-byte sectors. Use parted(1) and GUID partition table format (GPT). fdisk: unable to seek on /dev/sdb: Invalid argument [root@ankur ~]# It even prevents me from creating USB fedora installers: [root@ankur ~]# dd if=/home/ankur/Downloads/torrents/rtorrent_completed/Fedora-17-ISOs/Fedora-17-x86_64-DVD/Fedora-17-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=8M dd: writing `/dev/sdb': No space left on device 1+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.105326 s, 0.0 kB/s [root@ankur ~]# dd worked flawlessly with the 3.3 kernel. I now have only one 3.3 kernel left on my system. Another broken 3.4 kernel will mean I get stuck with this bug. I've increased the installonly_limit in yum.conf to keep 3.3 around for the time being. Any hints/fixes? :) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exabyte [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831807 -- Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur: FranciscoD Please only print if necessary. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Kernel 3.4 behaves weirdly with flash drives
Hi, On 06/19/2012 11:22 AM, Ankur Sinha wrote: Hi folks, In kernels 3.4 and 3.4.2, the kernel gets the size of my pen drives wrong: it thinks they're EB[1] in size, when they're actually only 4GB and 8GB. This issue is not present in the 3.3 kernel. I was wondering if any one else is facing the same issue? This is a known issue in the 3.4 kernel, a fix is being worked on upstream, see: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.general/65976 I think it is worth considering adding the proposed fix to the Fedora 3.4 kernels for now, as it seems a lot of people are bitten by this, and the proposed fix is pretty save. Regards, Hans -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Kernel 3.4 behaves weirdly with flash drives
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 14:47 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: This is a known issue in the 3.4 kernel, a fix is being worked on upstream, see: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.general/65976 I think it is worth considering adding the proposed fix to the Fedora 3.4 kernels for now, as it seems a lot of people are bitten by this, and the proposed fix is pretty save. Regards, Hans Ah! Great to know! Thanks Hans. I was beginning to think my devices are faulty.. -- Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur: FranciscoD Please only print if necessary. Looking to contribute to Fedora? Look here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Kernel 3.4 behaves weirdly with flash drives
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 14:47 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: I think it is worth considering adding the proposed fix to the Fedora 3.4 kernels for now, as it seems a lot of people are bitten by this, and the proposed fix is pretty save. Fedora Kernel maintainers: Please can we have this patch included until upstream merges it? -- Thanks, Warm regards, Ankur: FranciscoD Please only print if necessary. Looking to contribute to Fedora? Look here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Join_SIG http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: Kernel 3.4 behaves weirdly with flash drives
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Ankur Sinha sanjay.an...@gmail.com wrote: I now have only one 3.3 kernel left on my system. Another broken 3.4 kernel will mean I get stuck with this bug. I've increased the installonly_limit in yum.conf to keep 3.3 around for the time being. Any hints/fixes? :) You don't need to do that. If you're booted into the 3.3 kernel, yum shouldn't remove it. It'll just update one of the 2 3.4 kernels you have installed instead. josh -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
