Re: blocksizes

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 08:48:07PM +0100, Michael van Elst wrote:
 > >      A quote, often attributed to Einstein, is, "Everything should be
 > > made as simple as possible, but no simpler."  I can't help but feel
 > > that this is making things simpler then they should be.
 > 
 > John, you misunderstand this.
 > 
 > NetBSD already uses DEV_BSIZE units to address disks. This is no
 > change at all. We just need to use this in all places consistently
 > which requires a few fixes.
 > 
 > Not using DEV_BSIZE requires to change how things work now.

He is right in the long run, though.

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David A. Holland
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