Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:20:53 +0000 | From | Joel Becker <> | Subject | Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] really large storage sectors - going beyond 4096 bytes |
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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.
Joel
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