linux-kernel - Re: block/bsg.c

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:57:26 -0400
From:	jfannin@...il.com (Joseph Fannin)
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: block/bsg.c

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 04:57:06PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> What does the code in bsg.c _do_, anyway??  Ho hum.

    It reformats the hard drive on Battlestar Galactica before the
Cylon virus that has penetrated the firewalls keeps the power off long
enough for the Centurions to vent the crew into space.  (I believe it
used BSG disk slices).

--
Joseph Fannin
jfannin@...il.com

/me suspects he has used his ration of inanity for about a year or so.

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