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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19 revert block_llseek behavior to standard
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Phil Auld <pauld@egenera.com>
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On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 18:57, Phil Auld wrote
> > Did it work correctly - the answer I believe is - no it didnt.
> > 
> 
> Fair enough. The higher level fix is a band-aid over bugs in some of 
> the lower level drivers. 
> 
> Thanks for the info. I didn't think that patch would go anywhere,
> but it did help explain why the change. 

Do push it for 2.5 - there we have time to find out what it exposes

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