From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail1.g1.pair.com ([66.39.3.162]:33944 "EHLO mail1.g1.pair.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728238AbfAHRA2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2019 12:00:28 -0500 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 17:59:12 +0100 From: Emmanuel Florac Subject: Re: [Bug 202127] cannot mount or create xfs on a 597T device Message-ID: <20190108175912.43a5adf9@harpe.intellique.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/9RJgAj7UcJi86V6.N6eEjp3"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org --Sig_/9RJgAj7UcJi86V6.N6eEjp3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le Fri, 04 Jan 2019 21:59:11 +0000 bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org =C3=A9crivait: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D202127 >=20 > --- Comment #15 from daimh@umich.edu --- > 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. >=20 > 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." >=20 > 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. >=20 > Then I was told to contact you guys again. Here is his latest reply. >=20 > "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 ? >=20 > If the problem is caused by our firmware, ext4 would have failed." >=20 By the way does making an LV atop this device work? Then making a FS in this LV? --=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emmanuel Florac | Direction technique | Intellique | | +33 1 78 94 84 02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Sig_/9RJgAj7UcJi86V6.N6eEjp3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlw01uAACgkQX3jQXNUicVazcwCgz5E85dXbCY+P/T/4UlDc7jUM GKwAoJhZY04l/2rtelBtGZDu1Wa5mTvx =Pv2A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/9RJgAj7UcJi86V6.N6eEjp3--