Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752549AbaAVFU6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:20:58 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:35560 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750767AbaAVFUz (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:20:55 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:20:53 +0000 From: Joel Becker To: Ric Wheeler Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] really large storage sectors - going beyond 4096 bytes Message-ID: <20140122052052.GM10565@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Ric Wheeler , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20131220093022.GV11295@suse.de> <52DF353D.6050300@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <52DF353D.6050300@redhat.com> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. X-Red-Smith: Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/