On 03/10/2010 05:38 PM, Peter Jones wrote: > On 03/10/2010 05:28 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > >> On 2010/03/10 17:09 (GMT-0500) Ric Wheeler composed: >> >> >>> Felix Miata wrote: >>> >> >>>> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only >>>> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide >>>> mailing list. >>>> >> >>> Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one >>> obvious win. >>> >> Some users, yes, those with unfathomable storage capacity requirements, >> saving every byte ever encountered without regard for its utility. For those >> with more common needs, the compatibility cost outweighs the purported >> benefits. Most users don't even need 1/10 of .2TiB, much less the 2TiB at >> which larger than 512 byte sectors might start looking sane in cost/benefit >> analysis. >> > Note also that the access time will be slightly faster. > > And power consumption will go down as you won't need as many platters :-) ric -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
