Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-26 Thread Kevin McKinney
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > >> >> > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write >> >> > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? >> >> > In other words, I would like to change the default page

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-26 Thread Kevin McKinney
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > >> >> > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write >> >> > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? >> >> > In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a >> >>

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > >> > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write > >> > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? > >> > In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a > >> > x86_64 platform (4.4.0 kernel) from 4k to 12k as the

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > >> > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write > >> > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? > >> > In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a > >> > x86_64 platform (4.4.0 kernel) from 4k to 12k as the

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-25 Thread Kevin McKinney
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Thu, 25 May 2017 19:05:26 +0200 > Pavel Machek wrote: > >> On Tue 2017-05-16 11:27:08, Kevin McKinney wrote: >> > Hi Everyone, >> > >> > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-25 Thread Kevin McKinney
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Thu, 25 May 2017 19:05:26 +0200 > Pavel Machek wrote: > >> On Tue 2017-05-16 11:27:08, Kevin McKinney wrote: >> > Hi Everyone, >> > >> > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write >> > in increments of 12k instead of

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-25 Thread Alan Cox
On Thu, 25 May 2017 19:05:26 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: > On Tue 2017-05-16 11:27:08, Kevin McKinney wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write > > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? > >

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-25 Thread Alan Cox
On Thu, 25 May 2017 19:05:26 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: > On Tue 2017-05-16 11:27:08, Kevin McKinney wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write > > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? > > In other words,

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-25 Thread Pavel Machek
On Tue 2017-05-16 11:27:08, Kevin McKinney wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? > In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a > x86_64 platform

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-25 Thread Pavel Machek
On Tue 2017-05-16 11:27:08, Kevin McKinney wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? > In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a > x86_64 platform

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:27:08AM -0400, Kevin McKinney wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? > In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a >

Re: Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 11:27:08AM -0400, Kevin McKinney wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write > in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? > In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a >

Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-16 Thread Kevin McKinney
Hi Everyone, Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a x86_64 platform (4.4.0 kernel) from 4k to 12k as the minimum page size? I

Change PAGE_SIZE from minimum 4k to 12k

2017-05-16 Thread Kevin McKinney
Hi Everyone, Would it be possible to have a custom block device driver read/write in increments of 12k instead of reading/writing data in 4k increments? In other words, I would like to change the default page size on a x86_64 platform (4.4.0 kernel) from 4k to 12k as the minimum page size? I