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    SubjectRe: [git patches] xfs and block fixes for virtually indexed arches


    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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