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From: "Wei Yongquan" <weiyqlq@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: linear : divide error: 0000
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:53:22 +0800
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>> the code linear.c :
>>
>> 158              min_spacing = conf->array_sectors / 2;
>> 159              sector_div(min_spacing, PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(struct dev_info *));
>>
>> if the array size is less then 1024K and the system is 32 based,
>> min_spacing will be ZERO.
>
> nope, array_sectors in in 512 byte units. So the array size has to
> be smaller than 1024 _bytes_ for min_spacing to become zero.
Thanks.
er,  "array_sectors in in 512 byte units" means  when array_sectors =
2048, the array size is actually 2048 * 512 = 1024K. Is that right?
when min_spacing < 1024 at line 158, it becomes zero at line 159. is that right?