* NEWS: Add new --align option. --- NEWS | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c0b29cc..bf1044d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ GNU parted NEWS -*- outline -*- ** New features + new --align=<align> commandline option which can have the following values: + none: Use the minimum alignment allowed by the disk type + cyl: Align partitions to cylinders (the default) + min: Use minimum alignment as given by the disk topology information + opt: Use optimum alignment as given by the disk topology information + The min and opt values will use layout information provided by the + disk to align the logical partition table addresses to actual physical + blocks on the disks. The min value is the minimum aligment needed to + align the partition properly to physical blocks, which avoids + performance degradation. Where as the optimum aligment aligns to a + multiple of the physical block size in a way that guarantees optimal + performance. + The min and opt values will only work when compiled with + libblkid >= 2.17 and running on a kernel >= 2.6.31, otherwise they will + behave as the none --align value. + libparted: new functions to set per disk (instead of per partition) flags: ped_disk_set_flag() ped_disk_get_flag() -- 1.6.5.2 _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted
