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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:33:52 +0000
From: Jon Masters <jonmasters@gmail.com>
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To: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
Subject: Re: floppy regression from "[PATCH] fix floppy.c to store correct ..."
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On 11/28/05, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:

> I think that's best, because there are few people (relatively) using
> floppy, and those who are probably are used to old behaviour.

The point of the thread is more that this exposes behaviour which
might be present in other drivers too - assuming the block device
state matches the underlying media.

I was out of commission over the weekend after too much pumpkin pie,
but I'll sort this out this week and send out some patches.

Jon.
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