Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] really large storage sectors - going beyond 4096 bytes

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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.

Joel

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