> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:58:17 -0400 > From: Kenneth R Westerback <[email protected]> > > Blocks == DEV_BSIZE == 512 bytes, and are the units of buf's. > > Sectors == the size of the addressing unit and length of physical > device i/o's to SCSI devices. > > Adjust variable names to reflect this and reduce confusion. > > No change to .o files. > > Unless there are quick aesthetic/philosophical objections I will > be committing this tonight. But ok's are nice.
Sorry, but I don't think this makes a lot of sense. Both the SCSI and the ATA standard talk about (logical) blocks. Sectors are something from the past, when people used spinning disks of magnetic media to store bits ;).
