linux-kernel - Re: [00/17] Large Blocksize Support V3

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Message-ID: <20070426182945.GJ2017@kernel.dk>
Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:29:46 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	David Chinner <dgc@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>,
	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...il.com>,
	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [00/17] Large Blocksize Support V3

On Thu, Apr 26 2007, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Jens Axboe wrote:
> 
> > The above can be implemented fairly cleanly, and on a need-to-have
> > basis. It's not something that'll break drivers.
> 
> But its also not going to fix the hacks that we have in the kernel 
> to deal with > PAGE_SIZE i/o.

No, but that's a _seperate_ issue! Don't keep mixing up the two.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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