Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:48:40 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> Cc: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File system blocks alignment Message-ID: <86637fjypj.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <201001020101.16450.pieter@degoeje.nl> (Pieter de Goeje's message of "Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:01:16 %2B0100") References: <65036.1262386032@critter.freebsd.dk> <201001020101.16450.pieter@degoeje.nl>
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Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> writes: > Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: > > Ideally, newfs/UFS should do a quick test to look for any obvious > > boundaries, and DTRT, a nice little task for somebody :-) > A search for the offset for which newfs (or a simpler test) runs > fastest? Interesting idea :-) Or just default to 4 kB or even 8 kB, which has zero performance impact (either way) for disks with 512 B sectors. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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