linux-kernel - Re: tools support for non-512 byte sector sizes

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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:57:10 -0500
From:	Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Jim Meyering <jim@...ering.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: tools support for non-512 byte sector sizes

On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 10:11:49AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 08:51:47AM -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> > I have access to disks with native 4KB sectors now too.  Would
> > interested parties be willing to share test plans, so we could be
> > sure we have coverage wrt correctness: kernel internals, userspace
> > tools like parted, fdisk, kpartx, apps using O_DIRECT)?
> > Benchmarking winds up being an NDA activity this early in the game
> > so I don't want the focus of any joint work to be benchmarks yet.
> 
> Are they SCSI?

yes (SAS).

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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux
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