Re: [linux-lvm] Advanced Format disks mixed with regular disks?

[Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Mar 14 2011 at  3:13pm -0400,
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

> On 03/14/2011 12:17 PM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> >On Mon, Mar 14 2011 at 12:47pm -0400,
> >Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net>  wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Is there any concern with mixing 4KB-sector drives with 512-byte
> >>sector drives in the same LV?
> >
> >Both LVM2 and Device Mapper have been updated to accommodate stacking
> >such a mix of drives.
> >
> >See this for a bit more detail:
> >http://people.redhat.com/msnitzer/docs/io-limits.txt
> >
> >Particularly, the "Stacking I/O Limits" section.
> >
> >The concern raised for partial (4k) writes to the 512b drive was
> >discussed a bit more here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/2/22/295
> >
> 
> Does this mean that util-linux v2.17.1 fdisk correctly handle AF
> disks?  (Note that I will *not* be booting off an AF device.)
> 
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.17/v2.17.1-ReleaseNotes
> 
> fdisk:
>    - cleanup alignment, default to 1MiB offset  [Karel Zak]
>    - don't check alignment_offset against geometry  [Karel Zak]
>    - fallback for topology values  [Karel Zak]
>    - fix ALIGN_UP  [Karel Zak]
>    - fix check_alignment()  [Karel Zak]
>    - fix default first sector  [Karel Zak]
>    - use "optimal I/O size" in warnings  [Karel Zak]
>    - use 1MiB offset and grain always when possible  [Karel Zak]
>    - use more elegant way to count and check alignment  [Karel Zak]
>    - use optimal_io_size  [Karel Zak]

Given that changelog, yes.

(cc'ing kzak for the authoritative answer ;)