# Re: \[PATCH v5 0/5\] Initial support for multi-actuator HDDs

- From: Jens Axboe \<axboe@kernel.dk\>
- Date: 2021-08-12 17:10:49 
- List: linux-block
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2021/08/6404640
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2021/08/6404591/t.md

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On 8/12/21 1:50 AM, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> Single LUN multi-actuator hard-disks are cappable to seek and execute
> multiple commands in parallel. This capability is exposed to the host
> using the Concurrent Positioning Ranges VPD page (SCSI) and Log (ATA).
> Each positioning range describes the contiguous set of LBAs that an
> actuator serves.
> 
> This series adds support the scsi disk driver to retreive this
> information and advertize it to user space through sysfs. libata is also
> modified to handle ATA drives.
> 
> The first patch adds the block layer plumbing to expose concurrent
> sector ranges of the device through sysfs as a sub-directory of the
> device sysfs queue directory. Patch 2 and 3 add support to sd and
> libata. Finally patch 4 documents the sysfs queue attributed changes.
> Patch 5 fixes a typo in the document file (strictly speaking, not
> related to this series).
> 
> This series does not attempt in any way to optimize accesses to
> multi-actuator devices (e.g. block IO scheduler or filesystems). This
> initial support only exposes the actuators information to user space
> through sysfs.

This looks good to me now - are we taking this through the block tree?
If so, would be nice to get a SCSI signoff on patch 2.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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