From: Michael E Brown <michael_e_brown@dell.com>
To: Ben LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkgetsize64 ioctl
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:11:39 -0500 (CDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108301108210.1213-100000@blap.linuxdev.us.dell.com> (raw)
Ben LaHaise wrote:
> Here's the modified patch (incompatible with e2fsprogs 1.23, but not
> conflicting with ia64: ioctls that write to disk are b0rken).
In reference to the ia64 ioctls: I'm sorry, but disk access APIs that
don't allow access to the whole disk are what is broken. These ioctls
would not be necessary if you could actually write to the last sector of
an odd-sized disk. Have you read the comments surrounding this ioctl?
--
Michael Brown
Linux OS Development
Dell Computer Corp
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next reply other threads:[~2001-08-30 16:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-30 16:11 Michael E Brown [this message]
2001-08-30 16:25 ` Ben LaHaise
2001-08-30 16:44 ` Michael E Brown
2001-08-30 16:47 ` Ben LaHaise
2001-08-30 17:02 ` Michael E Brown
2001-08-30 17:12 ` Ben LaHaise
2001-08-30 17:34 ` Michael E Brown
2001-08-30 18:51 ` Theodore Tso
2001-08-30 19:03 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-30 19:10 ` Michael E Brown
2001-08-30 19:18 ` Alan Cox
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-08-31 1:15 Andries.Brouwer
2001-08-31 1:23 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-30 11:57 Andries.Brouwer
2001-08-29 22:45 Ben LaHaise
2001-08-30 0:03 ` David S. Miller
2001-08-30 0:16 ` Ben LaHaise
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