linux-kernel - Re: fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ?

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Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:58:21 +0100
From:	linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Subject: Re: fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ?

On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 11:38:14AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > from bio->bi_bdev->bd_block_size surely - or is some clever code
> > where all block devices have to translate back to 512 byte sectors

> Does this answer it for you?

Ahh, Yup. 

Is this documented anywhere ? , I'd suggest a <para> in kernel-api.tmpl
but I'm not sure this is the right place.

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