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From: jim owens <owens6336@gmail.com>
To: rk <rkasl@computer.org>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] Btrfs: Full direct I/O and AIO read implementation.
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:31:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B79CB47.2020607@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B79C44B.7020006@computer.org>

rk wrote:
> http://www.osnews.com/story/22872/Linux_Not_Fully_Prepared_for_4096-Byte_Sector_Hard_Drives

Yes, partition alignment to the 4k drive block is critical,
but that is not an direct IO issue, it is mkfs.btrfs and
just as important for cache IO.

And in any case, many people will use 512 byte block
drives for many years to come.  The switch to 4k will
be gradual.

jim

  reply	other threads:[~2010-02-15 22:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-10 18:53 [PATCH V2] Btrfs: Full direct I/O and AIO read implementation jim owens
2010-02-12 19:28 ` Josef Bacik
2010-02-14  1:30   ` jim owens
2010-02-15 16:42     ` Chris Mason
2010-02-15 19:18       ` jim owens
2010-02-16 16:01         ` Chris Mason
2010-02-16 17:09           ` jim owens
2010-02-15 21:58       ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-02-15 22:26         ` jim owens
2010-02-15 22:32           ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-02-15 22:40             ` jim owens
2010-02-16 15:49               ` Chris Mason
2010-02-15 22:01     ` rk
2010-02-15 22:31       ` jim owens [this message]
2010-02-16 19:28   ` jim owens
2010-02-16 19:39     ` Josef Bacik
2010-03-03 18:54       ` jim owens

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