https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202127 --- Comment #20 from eflorac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- Le Fri, 04 Jan 2019 21:59:11 +0000 bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx écrivait: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202127 > > --- Comment #15 from daimh@xxxxxxxxx --- > I have a few back and forth with Broadcom support. He checked some > logs generated by their standard error check script and the logs > looks fine to him. > > He asked to run mkfs.ext4 on the block device, it failed with an > error message "mkfs.ext4: Size of device (0x22c97a0000 > blocks) /dev/sda too big to create a filesystem using a blocksize of > 4096." > > Then he asked me if I can create XFS and EXT4 on a smaller partition. > I fdisked the block device to two smaller partitions, one is 2T the > other is 50T. mkfs.ext4 worked on both partition, but mkfs.xfs still > reports the same error. > > Then I was told to contact you guys again. Here is his latest reply. > > "I think it is a xfs issue here. Can you go back to the developer ? > What were the changes from 4.17 to 4.19 ? > > If the problem is caused by our firmware, ext4 would have failed." > By the way does making an LV atop this device work? Then making a FS in this LV? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug.
