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From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: Arun <engineerarun@gmail.com>
Cc: Joshua Scoggins <theoretically.x64@gmail.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@gmail.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Detection of Advanced Format drives
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:59:18 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq11uv1dd6h.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANLaLhbiLC-+azrdmf3_uPYS1zR3x-Yk9tA2b0U6_z72YSjQYQ@mail.gmail.com> (Arun's message of "Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:06:16 +0530")

>>>>> "Arun" == Arun  <engineerarun@gmail.com> writes:

Arun> Should I suppose that it is an already available piece of
Arun> information to the userland? 

Yes, in the sysfs locations Mike mentioned:

  /sys/block/foo/queue/physical_block_size

Or you can use the BLKPBSZGET ioctl.


Arun> Or do I need to modify the hdparm/fdisk code to get this piece of
Arun> info?

Recent hdparm versions will also report the right thing:

# hdparm -I /dev/sdc | grep Sector
        Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
        Physical Sector size:                  4096 bytes
        Logical Sector-0 offset:                512 bytes

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering

  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-27 19:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-26  9:55 Detection of Advanced Format drives Arun
2011-09-26 10:15 ` Alan Cox
2011-09-26 19:48   ` Joshua Scoggins
2011-09-26 20:09     ` Mike Snitzer
2011-09-27 17:59       ` Joshua Scoggins
2011-09-27 18:36         ` Arun
2011-09-27 18:59           ` Martin K. Petersen [this message]
2011-09-27 19:18             ` Arun
2011-09-27 20:10             ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-27 21:12               ` Arun
2011-09-27 21:44                 ` Martin K. Petersen
2011-09-28  1:23                   ` NamJae Jeon
     [not found]                     ` <CANLaLhagmNFFrNxC88cyPqsx_j+-Y-WaAUCQpkR57z264Bn6Vw@mail.gmail.com>
2012-02-16 19:14                       ` Martin K. Petersen
2011-09-26 21:01     ` Martin K. Petersen
2011-09-26 21:03   ` Martin K. Petersen

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