Re: tools support for non-512 byte sector sizes

[Matt Domsch]

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
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