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In message <Pine.LNX.4.05.9903191812120.1077-100000@cyril.iaeste.dk>, 
Henrik Ol
sen writes:

[snip]

> Since all modern harddiscs lie faster than a politician in an election
> year when asked about their geometry, the very idea of knowing enough
> about the track boundaries to switch sort direction within each track is
> absurd.

What I would like to see is a valid test of the difference between what
is there now and no structured reads/writes. The test should simulate a
normal usage of the disk, that is, if you can determine it. My gut feeling
is that a lot of code is being wasted here for little or no return.

Bob

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