Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751356AbWI2TgO (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:36:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751361AbWI2TgO (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:36:14 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:65496 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751356AbWI2TgN (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:36:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:37:37 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Roger Gammans Cc: lkml Subject: Re: fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ? Message-Id: <20060929123737.ec613178.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <20060928191946.GC4759@julia.computer-surgery.co.uk> References: <20060928182238.GA4759@julia.computer-surgery.co.uk> <20060929113814.db87b8d5.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20060928185820.GB4759@julia.computer-surgery.co.uk> <20060929121157.0258883f.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <20060928191946.GC4759@julia.computer-surgery.co.uk> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1082 Lines: 30 On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:19:46 +0100 Roger Gammans wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 12:11:57PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > I don't know if or where it is documented. > > Well, I've spend a good chunk of time reading round this part of > the kernel's interfaces without spotting it so another note somewhere > can't help. > > > You can submit a patch for it. > > If you don't, I'll put it in my todo queue. > > If I find an approriate place to put such a note I'll add it and > submit a patch, but I'm not sure where to put it , atm. > > Any suggestions? Hm, I looked thru fs/bio.c and block/*.c and Documentation/Docbook/*.tmpl. The best place that I see to put it right now is in include/linux/bio.h, struct bio, field: bi_sector. What do you think of that? --- ~Randy GPL v0: http://www.glacierparkinc.com/GlacierParkLodge.htm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/