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On 04/19/2012 06:10 PM, Jon Povey wrote:
> 
> In theory nobody should ever need to worry about OOB+ECC but being able
> to fiddle with it has its uses and I hope that ability doesn't go away.


I think we're just trying to figure out how to make it optional.


Thanks,
Mike