linux-toradex.git/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-ebs.rst, branch v5.16-rc5 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules dm: add emulated block size target 2020-05-15T14:29:35+00:00 Heinz Mauelshagen heinzm@redhat.com 2020-03-09T22:26:38+00:00 d3c7b35c20d60650bac8b55c17b194adda03a979 This new target is similar to the linear target except that it emulates a smaller logical block size on a device with a larger logical block size. Its main purpose is to emulate 512 byte sectors on 4K native disks (i.e. 512e). See Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-ebs.rst for details. Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <DamienLeMoal@wdc.com> Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> [Kconfig fixes] Signed-off-by: Zheng Bin <zhengbin13@huawei.com> [static fixes] Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> 
This new target is similar to the linear target except that it emulates
a smaller logical block size on a device with a larger logical block
size.  Its main purpose is to emulate 512 byte sectors on 4K native
disks (i.e. 512e).

See Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-ebs.rst for details.

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <DamienLeMoal@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> [Kconfig fixes]
Signed-off-by: Zheng Bin <zhengbin13@huawei.com> [static fixes]
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>