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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Disable O_DIRECT for physical CDROM/DVD dri


From: Jes Sorensen
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Disable O_DIRECT for physical CDROM/DVD drives
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:20:05 +0200
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On 07/20/10 18:16, David S. Ahern wrote:
> What about setting the logical and physical block size properties? Is
> the intent of these to handle varying sizes amongst block devices?
> 
> David

Well the problem is that we need to know the sector size of the host
device, and then start using that within QEMU for anything using
O_DIRECT. The way the QEMU code handles it right now is by hard coding
it, and cleaning that up could be a bit messy, but it should go on the
todo list.

Cheers,
Jes



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