From: Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
Dan Porat <dan.porat@gmail.com>,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 520 Bytes sector size
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:19:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B69B032.4010600@teksavvy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100202232540.7f5327f6@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:04:11 -0500
> "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>>>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Porat <dan.porat@gmail.com> writes:
>> Dan> I would like to run 520 Bytes disk in native mode. What changes I
>> Dan> have to run in sg driver ? Is there any kernel already adapted for
>> Dan> 520 bytes sector size ?
>>
>> Linux does not support 520-byte sectors unless the drive is formatted
>> with DIF and hanging off a DIF-capable HBA.
..
The ATA READ_LONG and WRITE_LONG commands both use 520 byte sectors,
and both work with libata.
-ml
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-03 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-02 12:50 520 Bytes sector size Dan Porat
2010-02-02 23:04 ` Martin K. Petersen
2010-02-02 23:25 ` Alan Cox
2010-02-03 8:46 ` Martin K. Petersen
2010-02-03 17:19 ` Mark Lord [this message]
2010-02-07 7:57 ` Dan Porat
2010-02-07 16:12 ` Mark Lord
2010-02-08 18:49 ` Dan Porat
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