linux-kernel - Re: What's in libata-dev.git

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Message-ID: <45057FA3.4000509@garzik.org>
Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:24:19 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
CC:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: What's in libata-dev.git

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> It's not even like you'd get magically higher performance by using 256 
> sectors, so there's simply no win from living dangerously. Only losses.

It's easy enough to change.  Does this mean you want drivers/ide changed 
too?  It's apparently been living dangerously for years and years.

	Jeff


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