Re: [PATCH] mkfs.xfs, lvm, multi-terrabyte hardware array and luks

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

pgf111000 wrote:
> Thank you for the quick response.  I have posted on a few luks forums to try
> to delve into this issue a little deeper; if they are aware of a resolution
> I'll make sure to post it.  The interesting thing is that when I mkfs.ext3
> on luks partitions above 2-3gb all is fine; I wish xfs and luks would play
> nice.....

mkfs.xfs actually does writes out at the end of the device and verifies
them; I'm not sure ext3 is doing the same.  You may find yourself in
trouble on ext3 post-mkfs (or you may not...)  I seem to recall that xfs
has shaken out similar problems on other block devices for this reason.

I'd do some simple device-level read/write tests around 2GB just for
fun, see how it goes.

-Eric