From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay2.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.29]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2F087CBB for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:50:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by relay2.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64618304039 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:50:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sandeen.net (sandeen.net [63.231.237.45]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id XC1EJeJTOrFJlobT for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2016 08:50:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/19] mkfs: don't treat files as though they are block devices References: <1458818136-56043-1-git-send-email-jtulak@redhat.com> <1458818136-56043-16-git-send-email-jtulak@redhat.com> <5706FA7C.7020103@sandeen.net> From: Eric Sandeen Message-ID: <5707D35E.7070703@sandeen.net> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:50:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; 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