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    SubjectRe: tools support for non-512 byte sector sizes
    >    read/modify/write.  T10 and T13 are looking to add commands to
    > expose this different underlying physical sector size so the OS
    > could be aware of it. This is primarily being driven to mitigate

    The identify bits are already there for reporting both size and offset.

    > 3) those that report a 4096-byte sector size, and are really a
    > 4096-byte size. This seems ideal for aware OSs.
    >
    > Which of 2) or 3) hit the market in mass remains to be seen. I want
    > Linux to be able to handle either painlessly.

    I am expecting 3 to turn up some _minor_ problem cases. Many older ATA
    controllers magically know the sector size of media and the internal
    state machines and FIFO they use for performance is potentially going to
    go gaga in this case when we do a PIO transfer.

    Alan


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