On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 04:20:49PM +0200, Frédéric Leroy wrote:
> 
> Le 10/06/2013 15:44, Simon Guinot a écrit :
> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 03:30:53PM +0200, Frederic Leroy wrote:
> > > From: Frédéric Leroy <fr...@starox.org>
> > >
> > > For big disk support, we need LBA addressing on 64 bits
> > > ---
> > >  include/configs/lacie_kw.h | 1 +
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/configs/lacie_kw.h b/include/configs/lacie_kw.h
> > > index 09b5798..847afcd 100644
> > > --- a/include/configs/lacie_kw.h
> > > +++ b/include/configs/lacie_kw.h
> > > @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
> > >  #define CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MAX_HZ           20000000 /* 20Mhz */
> > >  #define CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXBUS           1
> > >  #define CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXDEVICE        1
> > > +#define CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA /* Allow disk > 2.1TB */
> >
> > Hi Frederic,
> >
> > I see a comment at disk/part_efi.c:25. It claims that maximum size of
> > addressable storage is limited to 2TB even with CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA
> > enabled. Is that not true anymore ?
> I didn't see this comment.
> With my patch, the "ide reset" command recognize nicely a 3TB harddrive.
> Else, it reports the size % 2TB and then u-boot reports error in the GPT.
> 
> I can read the GPT and boot from a loaded file from the first partition.
> However, an "ext2ls" on a partition at the end of the disk outputs garbage.
> 
> At least, the patch allow to use the first 2 TB for booting.

Acked-by: Simon Guinot <simon.gui...@sequanux.org>

I add Prafulla to the Cc recipient. He is the one who will pick your
patch eventually.

Regards,

Simon

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