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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: "Steven J. Hill" <sjhill@cotw.com>
Cc: MTD List <mtd@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Question on 'doc_read_ecc'...
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:10:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <23804.970063829@passion.cygnus.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <39D1FF35.68F6B84@cotw.com>


sjhill@cotw.com said:
> If I am understanding things correctly, in 'doc_read_ecc' we prevent
> the caller from reading across a 512 byte boundary and that they
> cannot read more than 512 bytes at a time. Is this correct for DoC2xxx
> devices and should it be the case for NAND devices as well? I believe
> that for NAND devices it makes sense since VFS and filesystems on
> average assume a 512 byte sector size. Just looking for agreement on
> my thought process. 

Scrap the limitation. It was OK when the only use of doc2000 was NFTL, but 
now it's broken. doc2000.c ought to do the right thing.

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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-09-27 14:07 Question on 'doc_read_ecc' Steven J. Hill
2000-09-27 14:10 ` David Woodhouse [this message]

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