On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:16:22 +0200, Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling at 
Sun.COM> wrote:

> Hi Moinak,
>
> as we touched this comment:
>
> /*
>  * Some cd writers don't write sectors that aren't
>  * used. Also, there's no point in reading sectors
>  * we'll never look at.  So, if we're asked to go
>  * beyond the end of a file, truncate to the length
>  * of that file.
>  *
>  * Additionally, this behaviour is required by section
>  * 6.4.5 of ISO 9660:1988(E).
>  */
>
> it should be updated to be more correct, e.g.:
>
> /*
>  * Some CD writers (e.g. Kodak Photo CD writers)
>  * create CDs in TAO mode and reserve tracks that
>  * are not completely written. Some sectors remain
>  * unreadable for this reason and give I/O errors.
>  * Also, there's no point in reading sectors
>  * we'll never look at.  So, if we're asked to go
>  * beyond the end of a file, truncate to the length
>  * of that file.
>  *
>  * Additionally, this behaviour is required by section
>  * 6.4.5 of ISO 9660:1988(E).
>  */
>
> J?rg

thanks Joerg, we decided to not again change Moinak's WAD
but instead filed it as a seperate bug to be included in
the next changes to hsfs: 6621431

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frankB


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