Re: ATA support for 4k sector size

[Martin K. Petersen]

>>>>> "hpa" == H Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

hpa> That's ridiculously stupid.  All you need is an offset parameter,
hpa> which can be flipped at will.  Now, flipping it will obviously
hpa> scramble all data, but there is absolutely no reason why it
hpa> shouldn't be possible to instantaneously flip it back and forth.

I'm just quoting what I was told a few months ago.  I'm not
participating in IDEMA and for all I know that approach could have
changed again.

I'll ask one of my contacts to find out what the current status is...

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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