Subject: Re: The demise of DEV_BSIZE
To: Ross Harvey <ross@teraflop.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/07/1999 13:58:43
On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:15:26 -0700 (PDT)
Ross Harvey <ross@teraflop.com> wrote:
> OK, I misundertood the latest proposoal: to have the option off by default,
> but by including in generic a defopt that removes the extra code, rather
> than by NOT including a defopt that selected arbitrary sector sizing.
>
> I suppose that's better, but it still seems strange. I would think that
> the option should add the feature, not remove it, especially for this case
> of an exotic and rarely-if-ever-used feature.
I completely agree with you; it should be something you enable by adding
an option.
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>