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Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:03:05 -0400
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Arun <engineerarun@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Detection of Advanced Format drives

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

>> Is there any way to detect the Advanced Format hard drives with 4K
>> sector size? I understand that above kernel v. 2.6.31 it is
>> supported.  But is it possible detect automatically if the drive is
>> an AF drive and how?

Alan> It's in the drive identify data (see the ATA 8 specification
Alan> documents)

Or:

  http://oss.oracle.com/~mkp/docs/linux-advanced-storage.pdf

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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