blk_queue_hardsect_size(9)

blk_queue_hardsect_size9

Set hardware sector size for the queue

Usage

void blk_queue_hardsect_size(struct request_queue * q, unsigned short size);

Arguments

q

the request queue for the device

size

the hardware sector size, in bytes

Overview

This should typically be set to the lowest possible sector size that the hardware can operate on (possible without reverting to even internal read-modify-write operations). Usually the default of 512 covers most hardware.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0

From linux-manual-2.6.26 2.6.26-29 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.