Re: 4k sector size and WD20EARS

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>>>>> "Mikael" == Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> For unknown reasons these drive report themselves as 512-byte drives
>> despite using 4096-byte sectors internally.

Mikael> It's not unknown, it's for compatibility reasons.

We still haven't been given a comprehensive explanation.  "It breaks
something for someone" doesn't really give us much to work with...

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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