dnl # dnl # 2.6.30 API change dnl # dnl # The bdev_physical_block_size() interface was added to provide a way dnl # to determine the smallest write which can be performed without a dnl # read-modify-write operation. From the kernel documentation: dnl # dnl # What: /sys/block//queue/physical_block_size dnl # Date: May 2009 dnl # Contact: Martin K. Petersen dnl # Description: dnl # This is the smallest unit the storage device can write dnl # without resorting to read-modify-write operation. It is dnl # usually the same as the logical block size but may be dnl # bigger. One example is SATA drives with 4KB sectors dnl # that expose a 512-byte logical block size to the dnl # operating system. dnl # dnl # Unfortunately, this interface isn't entirely reliable because dnl # drives are sometimes known to misreport this value. dnl # AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BDEV_PHYSICAL_BLOCK_SIZE], [ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether bdev_physical_block_size() is available]) tmp_flags="$EXTRA_KCFLAGS" EXTRA_KCFLAGS="${NO_UNUSED_BUT_SET_VARIABLE}" ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([ #include ],[ struct block_device *bdev = NULL; bdev_physical_block_size(bdev); ],[ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes) AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BDEV_PHYSICAL_BLOCK_SIZE, 1, [bdev_physical_block_size() is available]) ],[ AC_MSG_RESULT(no) ]) EXTRA_KCFLAGS="$tmp_flags" ])