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RE: block size in XFS = hard coded constant?

To: L A Walsh <law@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: block size in XFS = hard coded constant?
From: Olaf Frączyk <olaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 30 Sep 2002 14:07:57 +0200
Cc: Stephen Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>, Linux-Xfs <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux-Fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 10:55, L A Walsh wrote:
> Right -- I know it isn't the filesystem block size.
> 
> In this day and age, it seems anachronistic.  Given the 10% higher block
> density, not only would it yield higher capacities, but should yield higher
> transfer rates, no?
> 
> I know it isn't a simple constant switch -- but I wouldn't want to switch
> constants since not all disks should be constrained to the same block size.
> 
> Do other file systems have the same limitation?  Are there any problems in the
> linux-kernel with non-512 byte blocks?
Hi, 

DVD-RAM (2048 bytes block size) works well in linux.
I use ext2 for DVD-RAM.

Regards,

Olaf Fraczyk





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