Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:19:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status of support for 4KB disk sectors Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107191917330.84140@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <E8F5CB22-21D5-4AF9-A690-1DB99D31F4CC@mac.com> References: <CAN6yY1uaUqk2ifiNViJyMFJWf60a4DmCiVs3Z=--_TjtzseABQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110718234124.GA5626@icarus.home.lan> <CAN6yY1uaEwoEhEuoTNPqzywRaCPEvcLY-ddyFRUV00FcBDU1BA@mail.gmail.com> <E8F5CB22-21D5-4AF9-A690-1DB99D31F4CC@mac.com>
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2011, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Is there something in FreeBSD which is preventing you from using the > drive's native DEV_BSIZE of 4096 bytes, or is it that the drive claims > to have a physical block size of 512 bytes when it is really 4k? Are there any 4K-block drives that are honest about it, rather than reporting 512-byte blocks for backwards compatibility?
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