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-rw-r--r--perl-install/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--perl-install/install/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--perl-install/partition_table.pm13
-rw-r--r--perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm15
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 9168b98c6..82a6f5830 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
- finish-install:
o "Multi languages" => "Multiple languages" (mga#1011)
+- diskdrake:
+ o always align partitions to start at megabyte boundaries to avoid
+ performance issues with drives with 4k physical sectors (mga#1215)
Version 13.61 - 01 August 2011
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index 40633a7d9..4780e5ace 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- always align partitions to start at megabyte boundaries to avoid
+ performance issues with drives with 4k physical sectors (mga#1215)
+
Version 13.61.1 - 05 August 2011
- do not crash if there's no mirror cache to erase
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table.pm b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
index ee801fc79..1e594ddf5 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
@@ -32,9 +32,22 @@ sub description {
$hd->{info}, $hd->{mntpoint}, $hd->{fs_type});
}
+#- align partition start to the next MB boundary
+sub align_to_MB_boundaries {
+ my ($part) = @_;
+
+ my $end = $part->{start} + $part->{size};
+ $part->{start} = round_up($part->{start}, MB(1));
+ $part->{size} = $end - $part->{start};
+}
+
sub adjustStartAndEnd {
my ($hd, $part) = @_;
+ # always align partition start to MB boundaries
+ # (this accounts for devices with non-512 physical sector sizes):
+ align_to_MB_boundaries($part);
+
$hd->adjustStart($part);
$hd->adjustEnd($part);
}
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm b/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
index 7659a390b..ed89595b3 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
@@ -73,20 +73,9 @@ sub last_usable_sector {
sub max_partition_start { 1e99 }
sub max_partition_size { 1e99 }
-#- default method for starting a partition, only head size or twice
-#- is allowed for starting a partition after a cylinder boundarie.
-sub adjustStart($$) {
- my ($hd, $part) = @_;
- my $end = $part->{start} + $part->{size};
+#- default method for starting a partition
+sub adjustStart($$) {}
- if (cylinder_size($hd)) {
- $part->{start} = round_up($part->{start},
- $part->{start} % cylinder_size($hd) < 2 * $hd->{geom}{sectors} ?
- $hd->{geom}{sectors} : cylinder_size($hd));
- $part->{size} = $end - $part->{start};
- $part->{size} > 0 or die "adjustStart get a too small partition to handle correctly";
- }
-}
#- adjusting end to match a cylinder boundary, two methods are used and must
#- match at the end, else something is wrong and nothing will be done on
#- partition table.