Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:51:10 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [git patches] xfs and block fixes for virtually indexed arches |
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, tytso@mit.edu wrote: > > Sure, but there's some rumors/oral traditions going around that some > block devices want bio address which are page aligned, because they > want to play some kind of refcounting game,
Yeah, you might be right at that.
> And it's Weird Shit(tm) (aka iSCSI, AoE) type drivers, that most of us > don't have access to, so just because it works Just Fine on SATA doesn't > mean anything. > > And none of this is documented anywhere, which is frustrating as hell. > Just rumors that "if you do this, AoE/iSCSI will corrupt your file > systems".
ACK. Jens?
Linus
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