Current block device limit? 1 or 2 terabytes?

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hi

Someone on #KernelNewbies told me "some IDE drivers have a 1TB limit due
to signed addressing of the controller's driver."

Is this true? If so - does anyone know what drivers are 2TB safe?

thanks all

roy

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