Add erase block guessing code to libblkid
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Arnd Bergmann
We want the various mkfs tools to be able to align fs data structures to erase blocks on flash media. There is code in flashbench to find out the parameters, but it should be easily available everywhere.
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Work Items
Work items:
Implement reading from /sys/block/
Implement an algorithm based on "flashbench -a" : TODO
Implement an algorithm to guess from the media size : TODO
Submit the code for inclusion into util-linux : TODO
