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Hi,

> SCSI block copy worries me. Nobody I know uses disk->disk SCSI facilities
> which makes me suspect if we implement it drive firmware will die left
> right and centre.

I think so, too. But IMNSHO the API should be general enough to allow such
things to be implemented later even if we end up with doing an in-kernel
read/write loop instead for lots of cases now.

Have a nice fortnight
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Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
"The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected. (6/72)"

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