Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 2014 08:14:47 +0100 | From | Hannes Reinecke <> | Subject | Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] really large storage sectors - going beyond 4096 bytes |
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On 01/22/2014 06:20 AM, Joel Becker wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:04:29PM -0500, Ric Wheeler wrote: >> One topic that has been lurking forever at the edges is the current >> 4k limitation for file system block sizes. Some devices in >> production today and others coming soon have larger sectors and it >> would be interesting to see if it is time to poke at this topic >> again. >> >> LSF/MM seems to be pretty much the only event of the year that most >> of the key people will be present, so should be a great topic for a >> joint session. > > Oh yes, I want in on this. We handle 4k/16k/64k pages "seamlessly," and > we would want to do the same for larger sectors. In theory, our code > should handle it with the appropriate defines updated. > +1
The shingled drive folks would really love us for this. Plus it would make live really easy for those type of devices.
Cheers,
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