linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ata: Add support for Long Logical Sectors and Long Physical Sectors

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Date:	Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:19:45 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt_Domsch@...l.com, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ata: Add support for Long Logical Sectors and Long Physical
 Sectors

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> ATA 8 adds support for devices that have sector sizes larger than 512
> bytes.  We record the sector size in the ata_device and use it instead
> of the ATA_SECT_SIZE when the data transfer is a multiple of sectors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/ata/libata-core.c |  127 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c |   52 +++++++++++++-----
>  include/linux/libata.h    |    4 +-
>  3 files changed, 168 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Was this ever updated regarding Alan's final comments?

I only have this patch (the one initiating the email sub-thread).

	Jeff



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