blk_queue_physical_block_size(9)

blk_queue_physical_block_size9

Set physical block size for the queue

Usage

void blk_queue_physical_block_size(struct request_queue * q, unsigned int size);

Arguments

q

the request queue for the device

size

the physical block size, in bytes

Overview

This should be set to the lowest possible sector size that the hardware can operate on without reverting to read-modify-write operations.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.