linux-2.4 sd.c sd_init_command patch

I came across an issue on an Opteron with the 2.4 branch when trying to use a file system larger then 1TB with a 3-Ware card. They pointed me to:

http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=10753

which includes the following patch:

diff -Naur linux-2.4.23-rc2/drivers/scsi/sd.c linux-2.4.23-rc3/drivers/scsi/sd.c--- linux-2.4.23-rc2/drivers/scsi/sd.c Mon

Aug 25 04:44:42 2003

+++ linux-2.4.23-rc3/drivers/scsi/sd.c Wed Nov 19 15:15:38 2003 @@ -294,7 +294,8 @@

static int sd_init_command(Scsi_Cmnd * SCpnt)
{

-       int dev, block, this_count;
+       int dev, this_count;
+       unsigned long block;
        struct hd_struct *ppnt;
        Scsi_Disk *dpnt;

#if CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING

I am curious if there is a reason why this has not been introduced into the main 2.4 tree. Is this not a widely known issue, and/or does this (seemingly inert) patch cause other problems? I can't seem to find much about it on the mailing list except that Adam Radford posted it late in 2003.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

note: Please include my direct email in any list replies.

Greg Kurtzer
Berkeley Lab, Linux guy