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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 00/11] support non power of 2 zoned device
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On 7/28/22 08:19, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 7/27/22 09:22, Pankaj Raghav wrote:
>> This series adds support to npo2 zoned devices in the block and nvme
>> layer and a new **dm target** is added: dm-po2z-target. This new
>> target will be initially used for filesystems such as btrfs and
>> f2fs that does not have native npo2 zone support.
>
> Should any SCSI changes be included in this patch series? From sd_zbc.c:
>
> if (!is_power_of_2(zone_blocks)) {
> sd_printk(KERN_ERR, sdkp,
> "Zone size %llu is not a power of two.\n",
> zone_blocks);
> return -EINVAL;
> }

There are no non-power of 2 SMR drives on the market and no plans to have
any as far as I know. Users want power of 2 zone size. So I think it is
better to leave sd_zbc & scsi_debug as is for now.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart.


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

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