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Date:      Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:28:13 +0400
From:      Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org>
To:        fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FFS addressing unit
Message-ID:  <20030806122813.GA9346@comp.chem.msu.su>
In-Reply-To: <20030804115818.GA68027@comp.chem.msu.su>
References:  <20030804115818.GA68027@comp.chem.msu.su>

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On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 03:58:18PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> 
> While poring over <ufs/ffs/fs.h> in order to better understand the
> internals of FFS, I noticed that there is a number of comments in
> the file refering to a certain "filesystem address."  There is also
> a macro named fsbtodb() for turning "filesystem block numbers into
> disk block addresses," according to its description.  However, it
> seems to be the fragment size that actually serves as the filesystem
> addressing unit in all the relevant super-block fields, including
> fs_fsbtodb.  Is my conclusion correct?  If so, I'd rather clarify
> those comments, so new developers won't confuse fragments with
> blocks when doing RTFS.

For interested parties:  I've been told in a private reply that it
was indeed a fragment that was a primary addressing unit in FFS.

-- 
Yar


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