Changeset 644 for branches

Timestamp:

12/08/08 15:15:30 (15 months ago)

Author:

robl

Message:

aligning to nearest byte might violate spec, so keep old 512-byte alignment if
striping_unit not set

Files:

• branches/1.0.3/src/lib/nc.c (modified) (2 diffs)

branches/1.0.3/src/lib/nc.c

@@ -793 +793 @@
   int rank;
   char value[MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL];
-  int flag, alignment=0;
+  int flag, alignment=512;
 
   assert(!NC_readonly(ncp));
@@ -806 +806 @@
   if (flag) 
           alignment=atoi(value);
-  /* negative or zero alignment? can't imagine what that would even mean.  just
-   * align to nearest byte (no alignment) */
+  /* negative or zero alignment? can't imagine what that would even mean. in  
+   * that case, align to nearest 512 byte (default for serial netcdf)) */
   if (alignment <= 0)
-          alignment = 1;
+          alignment = 512;
 
   MPI_Info_free(&info);