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Message-ID: <yq138kfbv73.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:47:12 -0500 From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com> To: Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, lsf-pc@...ts.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [Lsf-pc] [LSF/MM TOPIC] really large storage sectors - going beyond 4096 bytes >>>>> "Ric" == Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com> writes: Ric> I will have to see if I can get a storage vendor to make a public Ric> statement, but there are vendors hoping to see this land in Linux Ric> in the next few years. I assume that anyone with a shipping device Ric> will have to at least emulate the 4KB sector size for years to Ric> come, but that there might be a significant performance win for Ric> platforms that can do a larger block. I am aware of two companies that already created devices with 8KB logical blocks and expected Linux to work. I had to do some explaining. I agree with Ric that this is something we'll need to address sooner rather than later. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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