Re: [PATCH 0/6] imsm: 2TB disks/volumes support

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On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:42:53 +0000 "Czarnowska, Anna"
<anna.czarnowska@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Neil,
> this patch series provides initial support for 2TB disk and volumes for imsm metadata.
> Patches 1,2 ensure correct representation and interpretation of sizes in metadata
> Patch 3 refactors code a little to make calc_array_size usable for all levels
> Patch 4 gives the user information about large disks/volumes support in orom
> Patches 4,5 prevent creation of volume/container when not supported by orom
> 
> There are more cases to be checked, for example creation of small volume on existing container using large disks,
> adding large disks to container, olce leading to large volume etc.  
> 
> [PATCH 1/6] imsm: avoid overflows for disks over 1TB
> [PATCH 2/6] clear hi bits if not used after loading metadata from disk
> [PATCH 3/6] simplify calculating array_blocks
> [PATCH 4/6] show 2TB volumes/disks support in --detail-platform
> [PATCH 5/6] check volume size in validate_geometry_imsm_orom
> [PATCH 6/6] check that no disk over 2TB is used to create container when no support
> 
> platform-intel.h |    1 +
> super-intel.c    |  271 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> util.c           |    2 +
> 3 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)


All applied,
thanks,

NeilBrown

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