Re: Detection of Advanced Format drives

[Martin K. Petersen]

>>>>> "Arun" == Arun  <engineerarun@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Arun> [...] couldn't find any direct way of detecting an SSD drive like
Arun> an ioctl.

Arun> Is there any such direct way of detecting SSD drives yet? I am
Arun> working on kernel version 2.6.32-19.

You can check /sys/block/foo/queue/rotational.

The matching BLKROTATIONAL ioctl didn't go in until very recently.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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