On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:38:43PM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> >>>>> "Pasi" == Pasi Kärkkäinen <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> Pasi> So physically the disk is using 520 bytes/sector (and needs to
> Pasi> support that), but logically the HBA presents 512 bytes/sector +
> Pasi> PI.. is that correct?
> 
> Yep. The beauty of PI is that we can store the extra stuff without
> having to deal with weird block sizes.
> 

Yep.

> 
> Pasi> I guess what I'm asking is: Can I use sg_format to enable
> Pasi> checksums/protection on any disk that physically supports 520
> Pasi> bytes/sector, or does the disk need to have special T10 data
> Pasi> protection support aswell?
> 
> The disk needs to support T10 PI (PROTECT=1 in the Standard Inquiry VPD
> page). We don't support driving the HBA in PI mode with a non-PI target.
> 

Ok, good to know. 

Thanks!

-- Pasi

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