On Sat Mar 19 12:36:31 EDT 2011, cinap_len...@gmx.de wrote: > how did the lba48 bug affect the translation of linear byte offsets > exactly?
the fix means that the transition to 48-bit addressing happens 1 sector sooner. the reason for this is when the size of a device is reported, the max lba + 1 is reported, not the maximum lba. thus a 28-bit device reporting fffffff would not be able to address sector fffffff; the last addressable sector would be ffffffe. - erik
