linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] affs: stop setting bm

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:18:59 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Linux FS Maling List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Maling List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] affs: stop setting bm_flags

On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 20:49 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > I could not find good documentation describing this field, except of one random
> > piece of documentation in the internet which says that -1 means that the root
> > block is valid, which is not consistent with what we have in the Linux AFFS
> > driver.
> 
> The book "Amiga Intern" (German version on the 'net, which is faster to access
> than the Dutch version somewhere in my attic ;-) agrees with this ("Dieses Flag
> enthält -1 (TRUE), wenn die Bit-Map der Diskette gültig ist").

Thangs Geert for confirming.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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