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Re: blocksizes



On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 02:28:07PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
>     Date:        Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:07:03 +0100
>     From:        Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <20100122070702.GA10763%serpens.de@localhost>
> 
>   | except that there a lot of assumptions that
>   | physical block size is the same as DEV_BSIZE.
> 
> Is that really true these days?


It is particularly true these days after decades of 512byte-per-sector-only
disks.


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                                Michael van Elst
Internet: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost
                                "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."


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