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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 1997 05:22:46 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
To:        sos@FreeBSD.dk
Cc:        julian@whistle.com, sos@FreeBSD.dk, hackers@freebsd.org, mckusick@mckusick.com
Subject:   Re: [hackers:] Architectural advice needed
Message-ID:  <199712081022.FAA04256@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199712080920.KAA02179@sos.freebsd.dk> from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= at "Dec 8, 97 10:20:12 am"

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Søren Schmidt said:
> 
> Actually I think that the driver should pass on the native blocksize of
> the device, and the slice code should translate that into the system
> size be it 512 or whatever, change all the plases in the code where
> 512 byte size is used, well is a HUGE and errorprone job...
> 
I am starting to believe that it needs to be done sooner rather than later.
The question is:  who is the one who is going to take the heat? :-).

-- 
John
dyson@freebsd.org
jdyson@nc.com



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