linux-kernel - Re: Implementing NVMHCI...

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Message-ID: <49E90684.6020707@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:45:24 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Szabolcs Szakacsits <szaka@...s-3g.com>
CC:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...gle.com>,
	Linux IDE mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: Implementing NVMHCI...

Szabolcs Szakacsits wrote:
>>>
>>> Windows 2008 aligns partitions on a 1MB boundary, IIRC.
>> Makes a lot of sense...
> 
> Since Vista at least the first partition is 2048 sector aligned.
> 
> 	Szaka
> 

2048 * 512 = 1 MB, yes.

I *think* it's actually 1 MB and not 2048 sectors, but yes, they've 
finally dumped the idiotic DOS misalignment.  Unfortunately the GNU 
parted people have said that the parted code is too fragile to fix 
parted in this way.  Sigh.

	-hpa
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