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Subject: Re: [hackers:] Architectural advice needed
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Søren Schmidt said:
> 
> Actually I think that the driver should pass on the native blocksize of
> the device, and the slice code should translate that into the system
> size be it 512 or whatever, change all the plases in the code where
> 512 byte size is used, well is a HUGE and errorprone job...
> 
I am starting to believe that it needs to be done sooner rather than later.
The question is:  who is the one who is going to take the heat? :-).

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John
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