[parted-devel] 4K sector and alignment support?

[Jeff Garzik]

xerces8 wrote:
> From: Jeff Garzik <jeff at garzik.org>
> 
>> Therefore, it is critical that partition alignment matches internal ATA 
>> disk sector alignment, when these 1K and 4K drives come out.
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Doesn't linux use 1k logical sector/block size for ages ?

sector size and block size are two very different things.

sector size is a hardware attribute, block size is purely a software.


> Just curious, will/does linux support those sector sizes "natively",
> that is visible inside and outside of kernel ?

It already does.

	Jeff