From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:11:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:11:33 -0400 Received: from smtp7.us.dell.com ([143.166.224.233]:56075 "EHLO smtp7.us.dell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:11:22 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:11:39 -0500 (CDT) From: Michael E Brown X-X-Sender: Reply-To: Michael E Brown To: Ben LaHaise cc: Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkgetsize64 ioctl Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us still has one object. If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now has two ideas.