Chris Horne wrote:
> Hi David
> 
> The properties I am proposing are Solaris properties.

Yes, that was understood.

>  It looks to me
> like OBP IEEE-1275 already supports different block sizes, but chose a
> "block-size ( -- block-len )" 'method' implementation in conjunction
> with the "deblocker" and "disk-label" standard support packages instead
> of a 'property' implementation.  Also, it seems to me that using
> "block-size" as a Solaris property name, instead of "blksize", might
> cause confusion since the Solaris property name would then conflict
> with the already defined OBP "block-size" method.
> 
> Please let me know if my understanding is flawed.

If you're concerned about confusion because the property
namespace may overlap the method namespace (which are
independent) then pick a different set of non-cryptic,
non-abbreviated self-describing names.

-David


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