Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] O_DIRECT with hardware blocksize alignment | Date | Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:44:27 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> which can handle variable size IOs also. Isn't it ? Leaving it to > the driver and doing variable size I/O on only the drivers that can > handle them, may be a better option ?
Given that almost all drivers can handle it possibly what is wanted in the 2.5 case is something as simple as a library routine it can call from the block I/O that converts variable sized I/O's.
That would meet your very sensible argument that it shouldn't be punishing other drivers
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