Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:18:57 -0000 From: Sten Poldma <exile@chamber.ee> To: Katsushi Kobayashi <ikob@koganei.wide.ad.jp>, exile@chamber.ee Cc: freebsd-firewire@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 28bit address limitation on HD Message-ID: <20020923171857.re4bt81isgg8k@.chamber.ee>
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Hi, Thanks for the response, that's probably it, The bridge uses the Oxford chipset, which probably does not support the 48 bit mode. I'm sure a new box will remedy the problem. Thanks again, Sten Katsushi Kobayashi <ikob@koganei.wide.ad.jp> said: > > I have not had any experience on the such disk size of IEEE1394 disk. > > If you are using IEEE1394/IDE bridge or similar one, let me know > the product information. Or if you have an experience on other OS, > let me know whether to success to detect size in correct. > > > On 2002.Sep.23, at 09:19 PM, Sten Poldma wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm Sorry if the following is not firewire related but depends on > > other system > > components instead. > > > > I'm using the newest firewire driver > > (http://people.freebsd.org/~simokawa/firewire-20020918.tar.gz) > > > > To test a 160GB IDE drive (in a box), through the CAM and passthrough > > drivers I > > have no problem locating the device (da0) but the geometry of the > > drive found > > makes me believe that there is a 28bit addressing mode bottleneck > > somewhere as > > the log reports that 268435455 512 byte sectors found. (~131GB) (I > > believe > > 268435456 being the 28bit limit?) > > > > Although using it is OK I'm still wondering if it would be possible to > > locate > > the missing 20GB before the disk actually goes into active use. > > > > I'd like to know what is causing this limitation? > > > >> From the hardware I have: > > > > FreeBSD 4.4 -> make buildworld to 4.6.2, latest > > kernel: 4.7-RC FreeBSD 4.7-RC #0: Sun Sep 22 01:39:47 EET 2002 > > Firewire PCI card: fwohci0: <Texas Instruments TSB12LV26> > > and a Western Digital 160GB drive in a standard firewire box. > > > > Again, accept my apologies if this is the wrong place to request > > help\clarification on the matter but any help or hint is appreciated. > > > > Have a nice day, > > > > Sten > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-firewire" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-firewire" in the body of the message
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