Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 23:20:48 +0200 From: Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware reads disk on non-sector boundary Message-ID: <20020925212048.GD1442@laptop.6bone.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209251114130.46717-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> References: <20020925173453.GA1347@laptop.6bone.nl> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209251114130.46717-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 11:29:12AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:
> vmware used the blocking ("b" devices) interface to disks that do
> blocking for you.
>
> Some well meaning but misguided individuals removed block devices
> without providing an alernate way of doing this. It should be possible
> to do the equivalent of a vn device that accepts misalligned
> accesses and reblocks them, but I'll leave that to those whose
> job it is to finish.
Hi Julian,
That was the background info I was looking for. I might try to do the
remapping myself.
Thanks
Mark
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