>>>>> "Ric" == Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Ric> I will have to see if I can get a storage vendor to make a public Ric> statement, but there are vendors hoping to see this land in Linux Ric> in the next few years. I assume that anyone with a shipping device Ric> will have to at least emulate the 4KB sector size for years to Ric> come, but that there might be a significant performance win for Ric> platforms that can do a larger block. I am aware of two companies that already created devices with 8KB logical blocks and expected Linux to work. I had to do some explaining. I agree with Ric that this is something we'll need to address sooner rather than later. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- 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>