> Hardcoding of block size to 512 bytes for disk devices is what currently
> either the block device driver or the sd driver is doing. Because, if
I'm using 2048 byte block sized scsi media just fine. I've not tried using
sg on the same device
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transfer length is what matters.
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I think you need to set bpt=8 .
It is possible to set some drives to block sizes other than 512 bytes, and
hardcoding 512 is not a good idea, especially in code that might last a
while. In a few years we might have 4096-byte blocks to let the drives use
more powerful error correcting codes.
Da
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