Re: [PATCH] 64 bit scsi read/write

[Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org>]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 04:18:21AM +0200, Ragnar Kjørstad wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:19:36PM -0400, Ben LaHaise wrote:
> > Here's the [completely untested] generic scsi fixup, but I'm told that
> > some controllers will break with it.  Give it a whirl and let me know how
> > many pieces you're left holding. =)  Please note that msdos partitions do
> > *not* work on devices larger than 2TB, so you'll have to use the scsi disk
> > directly.  This patch applies on top of v2.4.6-pre8-largeblock4.diff.
> 
> I just trid this, but when I can't load the md modules becuase of
> missing symbols for __divdi3 and __umoddi3. 

   This should, most likely, be linux-kernel FAQ item -- it might even be
   there..

   You need to develop an additional patch to the MD module code so
   that it won't do careless arbitrary divisions of  long64 / int32  kind.
   It will be more efficient to do that with suitable shifts, after all.

/Matti Aarnio

> /lib/modules/2.4.6-pre8/kernel/drivers/md/linear.o
> depmod: 	__udivdi3
> depmod: 	__umoddi3
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.4.6-pre8/kernel/drivers/md/lvm-mod.o
> depmod: 	__udivdi3
> depmod: 	__umoddi3
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.4.6-pre8/kernel/drivers/md/md.o
> depmod: 	__udivdi3
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.4.6-pre8/kernel/drivers/md/raid0.o
> depmod: 	__udivdi3
> depmod: 	__umoddi3
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.4.6-pre8/kernel/drivers/md/raid5.o
> depmod: 	__udivdi3
> depmod: 	__umoddi3
> 
> 
> Did you forget something in your patch, or was it not supposed to work
> on ia32?
> 
> This is kind of urgent, because I will temporarely be without testing
> equipment pretty soon. Tips are appreciated!
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ragnar Kjorstad
> Big Storage
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