[syslinux] "EDD Load error" on btrfs, patch committed
Geert Stappers
stappers at stappers.nl
Tue May 20 21:26:37 PDT 2014
Op 2014-05-20 om 16:28 schreef H. Peter Anvin:
> On 05/20/2014 12:24 PM, Paulo Alcantara wrote:
> >
> > Actually, there is *no* 64KiB limit on btrfs. Look at btrfs-progs
> > (ctree.h:830):
> >
> > "
> > /*
> > * We don't want to overwrite 1M at the beginning of device, even though
> > * there is our 1st superblock at 64k. Some possible reasons:
> > * - the first 64k blank is useful for some boot loader/manager
> > * - the first 1M could be scratched by buggy partitioner or somesuch
> > */
> > #define BTRFS_BLOCK_RESERVED_1M_FOR_SUPER ((u64)1024 * 1024)
> > "
> >
> > 1MiB seems to be a reasonable size to fit bootsector + LDLINUX.SYS in. I
> > don't know exactly how Syslinux is handling this, but it should be using
> > the whole available space (1MiB instead).
> >
>
> I have tried to get a formal ruling on the use of this from the btrfs
> crowd, but haven't gotten one yet. I might need to give up at playing
> it nice and Just Do It[TM].
There was an patch committed on the btrfs branch in git.
Is that ready for testing?
>
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-btrfs/msg34117.html
Groeten
Geert Stappers
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