On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:09:25PM +0100, Tony Hoyle wrote: > Mike Hommey wrote: >> Hi Tony, >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 03:59:52AM +0100, Tony Hoyle wrote: >>> Package: vmfs-tools Version: 0.1.1-1 Severity: important >>> >>> On powerpc, any file over 2MB returns essentially random data. >>> This is testable by running md5sum across any file larger than this >>> - it comes up with different results each time. >>> >>> The same package installed on amd64 appears to behave correctly, so >>> this is a platform specific issue, possibly due to endinness. >> >> Does this happen with debugvmfs of vmfs-fuse ? I can't reproduce with >> debugvmfs on ppc. >> > Here's the output I'm getting from a simple ms5sum: > > # md5sum sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso > sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso > 7ac54248f85cd22764dcbd4c503e81ea sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso > 20a9814af68cdf2cc1749fdf540437f5 sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso > b5134e4d505a5cd369912349610895da sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso > > None of these are correct! > > debugvmfs also does not work: > > # debugvmfs /dev/sdc1 cat sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso >/tmp/sol.iso > VMFS: i/o spanned over several extents is unsupported > VMFS: i/o spanned over several extents is unsupported > VMFS: i/o spanned over several extents is unsupported > ... > > repeated about 1000 times > > Presumably the driver is not handling this condition and silently > corrupting the files.
Actually, you shouldn't even get this message given that you only have one extent. Can you provide the output for the following commands: debugvmfs /dev/sdc1 show_volume debugvmfs /dev/sdc1 show_fs Thanks Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
