From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: Roger Gammans <roger@computer-surgery.co.uk>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ?
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:37:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060929123737.ec613178.rdunlap@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060928191946.GC4759@julia.computer-surgery.co.uk>
On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:19:46 +0100 Roger Gammans wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:11:57PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > I don't know if or where it is documented.
>
> Well, I've spend a good chunk of time reading round this part of
> the kernel's interfaces without spotting it so another note somewhere
> can't help.
>
> > You can submit a patch for it.
> > If you don't, I'll put it in my todo queue.
>
> If I find an approriate place to put such a note I'll add it and
> submit a patch, but I'm not sure where to put it , atm.
>
> Any suggestions?
Hm, I looked thru fs/bio.c and block/*.c and Documentation/Docbook/*.tmpl.
The best place that I see to put it right now is in
include/linux/bio.h, struct bio, field: bi_sector.
What do you think of that?
---
~Randy
GPL v0: http://www.glacierparkinc.com/GlacierParkLodge.htm
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-29 19:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-28 18:22 fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ? Roger Gammans
2006-09-29 18:38 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-28 18:58 ` linux-kernel-owner
2006-09-29 19:11 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-28 19:19 ` Roger Gammans
2006-09-29 19:37 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2006-09-28 19:56 ` Roger Gammans
2006-09-29 20:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-29 20:22 ` Zach Brown
2006-09-29 20:32 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-29 17:25 ` Roger Gammans
2006-09-30 19:31 ` Jens Axboe
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