Subject: Re: NFS root problems [Was: Re: Kernel cross build problems]
To: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
From: Ian Fry <Ian.Fry@sophos.com>
List: port-arm26
Date: 11/14/2001 08:50:11
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:16:46PM +0000, Ben Harris wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Ian Fry wrote:
> > Yes, I did some tests last night using the following script (and some slight
> > variations with different block sizes to make sure that that wasn't a
> > factor):
> Block size is a factor, it seems:
> [snip]

Doh! I tried block sizes up to 8k and it didn't seem to make any difference.
I suppose I should've tried at least up to the page size.

> > So, of these, only an 8k file produces an 8k file! Anything less than 8k
> > produces a zero size file, and anything above 32k (including 32k) produces a
> > file 24k too short. Hmmm...
> Hmm indeed.  Maybe I should stop playing with this bug and start tracking
> it down...

:-)

Ian.