We have a custom storage controller. It has configurable sector_size.
When configured to 1K, fdisk goes through ok. Buf mkfs gives errors shown
below.
Does Linux kernel support non 512 sector_size. Does tools
mkfs/fsck and filesystems run properly on such storage devices?
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driver insmod, kernel messages:
scsi : 0 hosts.
Name: Release_1_0_0_2
scsi0 : XXXXX
scsi : 1 host.
scsi: unknown type 12
Vendor: XXXXXXX Model: XXXXXXXXX Rev: BETA
Type: Unknown ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi generic sga at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Vendor: Model: Rev:
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 9, lun 0
resize_dma_pool: unknown device type 12
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 1024 bytes. Sectors= 17783230 [17366 MB] [17.4 GB]
sda: sda1
mkfs output, kernel messages:
SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 9 lun 0 return code = 8000002
Info fld=0x10f59dc, Current sd08:01: sense key Illegal Request
Additional sense indicates Logical block address out of range
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 936
SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 9 lun 0 return code = 8000002
Info fld=0x10f5a1c, Current sd08:01: sense key Illegal Request
Additional sense indicates Logical block address out of range
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 1064
SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 9 lun 0 return code = 8000002
Info fld=0x10f5a5c, Current sd08:01: sense key Illegal Request
Additional sense indicates Logical block address out of range
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01, sector 1192
SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 9 lun 0 return code = 8000002
Info fld=0x10f5a9c, Current sd08:01: sense key Illegal Request
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-Saravanan
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