Re: Subject: [PATCH RFC] block: fix Amiga RDB partition support for disks >= 2 TB

From: jdow <jdow@earthlink.net>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>
Cc: Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-m68k <linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Subject: [PATCH RFC] block: fix Amiga RDB partition support for disks >= 2 TB
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 02:20:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1737d3b4-ca33-8f59-8c01-fbd458bd2a84@earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVtvv1Cxxuf__TUKGUJiuTUohGx5XvY_3nQ7vD5J_BBAw@mail.gmail.com>


On 20180627 23:45, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 6:59 AM Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Am 28.06.2018 um 09:20 schrieb Martin Steigerwald:
>>>>> And as stated in my other reply to the patch:
>>>>> partition needs 64 bit disk device support in AmigaOS or AmigaOS
>>>>> like
>>>>> operating systems (NSD64, TD64 or SCSI direct)
>>>>
>>>> I'd probably leave it at 'disk needs 64 bit disk device support on
>>>> native OS', and only print that warning once.
>>>
>>> This is fine with me.
>>
>> OK, I'll go with that.
> 
> Do we really need the warning?
> Once the parsing is fixed doing 64-bit math, it does not matter for Linux
> anymore.

Dual booting.
{^_^}