Re: [PATCH] ata: Add support for Long Logical Sectors and LongPhysical Sectors

From: Alan Cox
Date: Mon Aug 18 2008 - 15:11:30 EST


> Why do we need to do that? Leaving sector_size_supported() unset means
> exactly "no to anything but 512". I'll be quite surprised if we see
> PATA drives supporting 4096 or 520 byte sectors anyway. It seems like
> a premium feature.

Good point on the former - yes it defaults sane now so that doesn't need
doing. For the sector size remember a lot of PATA chips appear with SATA
bridges at times - especially promise and highpoint.
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