Re: reading 1 hardsector size, not one block size

[Jeff V. Merkey]

"Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote:

>    Date:        Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:49:04 -0600
>    From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>    This is going to be a continuing problem for non-Unix file systems like
>    NTFS and NWFS that rely on the ability to read and write variable length
>    sector runs.
>
> It's not just non-Unix file systems.  I believe that xfs will find this
> useful as well.   It's just a timing issue, though, making a change like
> this is going to have to be a 2.5 thing (along with removing the 2TB
> limitation, and other cleanups in the buffer cache code that has been
> long overdue).
>
>                                                 - Ted
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Agreed.  2.5 is the place to do this.

Jeff

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