diff --git a/include/hw/block/block.h b/include/hw/block/block.h
index 784953a237..1e8b6253dd 100644
--- a/include/hw/block/block.h
+++ b/include/hw/block/block.h
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 
 typedef struct BlockConf {
     BlockBackend *blk;
-    uint16_t physical_block_size;
-    uint16_t logical_block_size;
-    uint16_t min_io_size;
+    uint32_t physical_block_size;
+    uint32_t logical_block_size;
+    uint32_t min_io_size;
     uint32_t opt_io_size;
     int32_t bootindex;
     uint32_t discard_granularity;
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ static inline unsigned int get_physical_block_exp(BlockConf *conf)
                           _conf.logical_block_size),                    \
     DEFINE_PROP_BLOCKSIZE("physical_block_size", _state,                \
                           _conf.physical_block_size),                   \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),    \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("opt_io_size", _state, _conf.opt_io_size, 0),    \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("discard_granularity", _state,                   \
+    DEFINE_PROP_SIZE32("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),    \
+    DEFINE_PROP_SIZE32("opt_io_size", _state, _conf.opt_io_size, 0),    \
+    DEFINE_PROP_SIZE32("discard_granularity", _state,                   \
                        _conf.discard_granularity, -1),                  \
     DEFINE_PROP_ON_OFF_AUTO("write-cache", _state, _conf.wce,           \
                             ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO),                          \
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index f161604fb6..5252bb6b1a 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_drive;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_drive_iothread;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_netdev;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pci_devfn;
+extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_size32;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_blocksize;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pci_host_devaddr;
 extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_uuid;
@@ -196,8 +197,10 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pcie_link_width;
                         BlockdevOnError)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_BIOS_CHS_TRANS(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
     DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_bios_chs_trans, int)
+#define DEFINE_PROP_SIZE32(_n, _s, _f, _d)                       \
+    DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_size32, uint32_t)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_BLOCKSIZE(_n, _s, _f) \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED(_n, _s, _f, 0, qdev_prop_blocksize, uint16_t)
+    DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED(_n, _s, _f, 0, qdev_prop_blocksize, uint32_t)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_PCI_HOST_DEVADDR(_n, _s, _f) \
     DEFINE_PROP(_n, _s, _f, qdev_prop_pci_host_devaddr, PCIHostDeviceAddress)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_OFF_AUTO_PCIBAR(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
diff --git a/hw/block/block.c b/hw/block/block.c
index b22207c921..97c8129e60 100644
--- a/hw/block/block.c
+++ b/hw/block/block.c
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ bool blkconf_blocksizes(BlockConf *conf, Error **errp)
         return false;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * all devices which support min_io_size (scsi and virtio-blk) expose it to
+     * the guest as a uint16_t in units of logical blocks
+     */
+    if (conf->min_io_size > conf->logical_block_size * UINT16_MAX) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "min_io_size must not exceed " stringify(UINT16_MAX)
+                   " logical blocks");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(conf->opt_io_size, conf->logical_block_size)) {
         error_setg(errp,
                    "opt_io_size must be a multiple of logical_block_size");
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index 249dc69bd8..e7ccd4d276 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "chardev/char.h"
 #include "qemu/uuid.h"
+#include "qemu/units.h"
 
 void qdev_prop_set_after_realize(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
                                   Error **errp)
@@ -727,6 +728,57 @@ const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pci_devfn = {
     .set_default_value = set_default_value_int,
 };
 
+/* --- 32bit unsigned int 'size' type --- */
+
+static void get_size32(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name, void *opaque,
+                       Error **errp)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
+    Property *prop = opaque;
+    uint32_t *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    uint64_t value = *ptr;
+
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, errp);
+}
+
+static void set_size32(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name, void *opaque,
+                       Error **errp)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
+    Property *prop = opaque;
+    uint32_t *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    uint64_t value;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+
+    if (dev->realized) {
+        qdev_prop_set_after_realize(dev, name, errp);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (value > UINT32_MAX) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "Property %s.%s doesn't take value %" PRIu64
+                   " (maximum: " stringify(UINT32_MAX) ")",
+                   dev->id ? : "", name, value);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    *ptr = value;
+}
+
+const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_size32 = {
+    .name  = "size",
+    .get = get_size32,
+    .set = set_size32,
+    .set_default_value = set_default_value_uint,
+};
+
 /* --- blocksize --- */
 
 /* lower limit is sector size */
@@ -741,7 +793,8 @@ static void set_blocksize(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
 {
     DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
     Property *prop = opaque;
-    uint16_t value, *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    uint32_t *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    uint64_t value;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (dev->realized) {
@@ -749,7 +802,7 @@ static void set_blocksize(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
         return;
     }
 
-    visit_type_uint16(v, name, &value, &local_err);
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
@@ -757,7 +810,7 @@ static void set_blocksize(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     /* value of 0 means "unset" */
     if (value && (value < MIN_BLOCK_SIZE || value > MAX_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
         error_setg(errp,
-                   "Property %s.%s doesn't take value %" PRIu16
+                   "Property %s.%s doesn't take value %" PRIu64
                    " (minimum: " MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_STR
                    ", maximum: " MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_STR ")",
                    dev->id ? : "", name, value);
@@ -776,10 +829,10 @@ static void set_blocksize(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
 }
 
 const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_blocksize = {
-    .name  = "uint16",
+    .name  = "size",
     .description = "A power of two between " MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_STR
                    " and " MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_STR,
-    .get   = get_uint16,
+    .get   = get_size32,
     .set   = set_blocksize,
     .set_default_value = set_default_value_uint,
 };
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/172.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/172.out
index 59cc70aebb..e782c5957e 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/172.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/172.out
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ Testing:
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "288"
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ Testing: -fda TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -81,22 +81,22 @@ Testing: -fdb TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "floppy1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "288"
@@ -119,22 +119,22 @@ Testing: -fda TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -fdb TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "floppy1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=floppy,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -187,22 +187,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=floppy,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,index=1
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "floppy1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "288"
@@ -225,22 +225,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=floppy,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=floppy,file=TEST_DIR/t
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "floppy1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -global isa-fdc.driveA=none0
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -293,11 +293,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -global isa-fdc.driveB=none0
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -320,22 +320,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qco
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -361,11 +361,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -device floppy,drive=none0
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -388,11 +388,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -device floppy,drive=none0,unit=1
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -415,22 +415,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qco
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -456,22 +456,22 @@ Testing: -fda TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2 -global is
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -494,22 +494,22 @@ Testing: -fdb TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2 -global is
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "floppy1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -532,11 +532,11 @@ Testing: -fda TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2 -global is
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -559,11 +559,11 @@ Testing: -fdb TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2 -global is
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "floppy1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -589,22 +589,22 @@ Testing: -fda TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2 -device fl
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -627,22 +627,22 @@ Testing: -fda TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2 -device fl
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -665,22 +665,22 @@ Testing: -fdb TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2 -device fl
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "floppy1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -703,22 +703,22 @@ Testing: -fdb TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2.2 -device fl
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "floppy1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -750,22 +750,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=floppy,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.q
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -788,22 +788,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=floppy,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.q
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "floppy0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -832,22 +832,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qco
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -870,22 +870,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qco
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -908,22 +908,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qco
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -946,22 +946,22 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qco
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none1"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 1 (0x1)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -999,11 +999,11 @@ Testing: -device floppy
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = ""
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "288"
@@ -1026,11 +1026,11 @@ Testing: -device floppy,drive-type=120
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = ""
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "120"
@@ -1053,11 +1053,11 @@ Testing: -device floppy,drive-type=144
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = ""
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -1080,11 +1080,11 @@ Testing: -device floppy,drive-type=288
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = ""
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "288"
@@ -1110,11 +1110,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -device floppy,drive=none0,drive-t
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "120"
@@ -1137,11 +1137,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -device floppy,drive=none0,drive-t
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "288"
@@ -1167,11 +1167,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -device floppy,drive=none0,logical
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
@@ -1194,11 +1194,11 @@ Testing: -drive if=none,file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2 -device floppy,drive=none0,physica
               dev: floppy, id ""
                 unit = 0 (0x0)
                 drive = "none0"
-                logical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                physical_block_size = 512 (0x200)
-                min_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                opt_io_size = 0 (0x0)
-                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (0xffffffff)
+                logical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                physical_block_size = 512 (512 B)
+                min_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                opt_io_size = 0 (0 B)
+                discard_granularity = 4294967295 (4 GiB)
                 write-cache = "auto"
                 share-rw = false
                 drive-type = "144"
