Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 13:38:54 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Mike Patterson <mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca> Cc: "FreeBSD-Docs \(el. adresa\)" <docs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Two negations problem Message-ID: <20030905133647.U55278@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <3F5883C3.1000607@cs.uwaterloo.ca> References: <9256D57F598E6C41B288AA7DB94F29C90135CC3F@pgnmail1.pgnaplikace.cz> <3F5881C3.2010206@potentialtech.com> <3F5883C3.1000607@cs.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Mike Patterson wrote: > > The handbook obviously has a typo in it, but the statement should be: > > > > "It should be at least 128 kB, and it should not be a power of 2." > > > > Look at the example, which uses a stripe size of 273. > > Then since 128kb obviously _is_ a power of two, perhaps the wording > should be changed to "It should be greater than 128kb, and should not be > a power of 2." ? Better would be to start with the first allowed value, then, i.e., 128K+1 byte, or whatever. (In line with the rule of "Show what to do. Don't show what *not* to do.") -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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