On 01/22/2014 06:20 AM, Joel Becker wrote: > 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. > +1 The shingled drive folks would really love us for this. Plus it would make live really easy for those type of devices. Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>