Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762120AbYFFFFZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:05:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751883AbYFFFFK (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:05:10 -0400 Received: from web32404.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.207.197]:21472 "HELO web32404.mail.mud.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751618AbYFFFFJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:05:09 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 398 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:05:09 EDT DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=6qvZOlN/Gei46NEo/FU24YrtyUatQnvkQrgAoArAiqiRlECI0TWh9wyGyNsUZ2o+hPH0goFq5MAaQplxGEy0XNIXxagGDXo+tvnANGlecQ0IjXM/Tc3PbVlcwsF6lFD7z/D6wY1x5J+jrKO1Wx28ks9CjZB0q8uoZwNF/Wi9b50=; X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.199 Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:58:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Anil kumar Reply-To: anils_r@yahoo.com Subject: blk_queue_hardsect_size 520-byte sector To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <339116.28290.qm@web32404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 533 Lines: 17 Hi, Can I call blk_queue_hardsect_size in a driver and set it to 520-byte as hardware sector size. How does the kernel and block layers take the request, will it be in multiples of 520-bytes aligned or 512 bytes aligned? Thanks for your help in advance. with regards, Anil -- 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/