linux-kernel - Re: ATA support for 4k sector size

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Message-ID: <49A6B604.1060702@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:32:20 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sandeen@...hat.com
Subject: Re: ATA support for 4k sector size

Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> 
> Quick answer from one of my contacts.  Desktop drives will indeed ship
> with an alignment of 1(*).  The alignment is hardwired at time of
> manufacture and can't be changed.
> 

Oh God.

This is a disaster.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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