On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Sandeep K Sinha <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, > > I don't understand the reason why we keep the number of blocks in > multiple of 512 bytes.
I guess because that is generally the default sector size, and to do a bio you really deal in terms of sectors not blocks. Thanks - Manish > I mean, if we have allocated 1 block, this value is shown as 8, 16 for > 2 and so on.... for a 4KB file system block size. > > Is there any specific reason for the same ? > Any clues ? > > > -- > Regards, > Sandeep. > > > > > > > "To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner." > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
