The following reply was made to PR kern/130229; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: kern/130229: [iconv] usermount fails on fs that need iconv Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 04:10:39 +0100 Hi, this is a duplicate of kern/109024. As described, mount_msdosfs calls kiconv_add_xlat16_cspairs and it fails. While mounting using root credentials, kiconv_add_xlat16_cspairs is successfull and that's why after ...

Sorry for the late reply. I've been busy. I agree with point 1, if the controller is able to 'save up' small writes and write this sequentially without making a mess out of it, this is preferred. We will never completely remove the 'virtual layers' between the OS and the storage medium itself and that is fine. point 2 however, i disagree. It's time we dump the whole track/cylinder/head thing. Even back in 1984 this was already outdated, lets just throw it overboard! Let's assume that from ...