On Jan 1, 2010, at 03:30, Eric D. Mudama wrote:

On Thu, Dec 31 at 16:53, David Magda wrote:
Just as the first 4096-byte block disks are silently emulating 4096 -
to-512 blocks, SSDs are currently re-mapping LBAs behind the scenes. Perhaps in the future there will be a setting to say "no really, I'm talking about the /actual/ LBA 123456".

What, exactly, is the "/actual/ LBA 123456" on a modern SSD?

It doesn't exist currently because of the behind-the-scenes re-mapping that's being done by the SSD's firmware.

While arbitrary to some extent, and "actual" LBA would presumably the number of a particular cell in the SSD.
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