Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:15:22 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Detection of Advanced Format drives |
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:25:52 +0530 Arun <engineerarun@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any way to detect the Advanced Format hard drives with 4K > sector size? I understand that above kernel v. 2.6.31 it is supported. > But is it possible detect automatically if the drive is an AF drive > and how?
It's in the drive identify data (see the ATA 8 specification documents)
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