linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] sparc: Add support for seek and shorter read to /dev/mdesc

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:08:03 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sparc: Add support for seek and shorter read to
 /dev/mdesc

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 09:15:40AM -0600, Khalid Aziz wrote:
> /dev/mdesc on Linux does not support reading arbitrary number
> of bytes and seeking while /dev/mdesc on Solaris does. This
> causes tools that work on Solaris to break on Linux. This patch
> adds these two capabilities to /dev/mdesc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@...cle.com>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

Thanks,
	Sam
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