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SubjectRe: patch for 2.1.50 isofs unable to read de past end of block error


On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, James Bottomley wrote:
>
> but get_hardblocksize(dev) forces this to 2048. So the directory names on the
> CD do span native 2k buffers. This is the i386 directory of the NT4.0 Server
> CD. Does the standard actually say entries can't span native buffers? I know
> how wonderfully closely Microsoft likes to stick to standards...

Ok, I applied your patch. It kind of makes sense to span buffers anyway
from a conceptual viewpoint (considering directories to be flat files, not
segmented buffer+offset things).

Let's just say that I'm happy for performance reasons that ext2fs doesn't
do the same stupid thing.

Thanks,
Linus


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