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DateThu, 8 Jan 1998 01:53:42 -0500 (EST)
FromRob Hagopian <>
SubjectRe: lack of raw disk devices
On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, linux kernel account wrote:

> > > They are just looking for excuses.. They could use whats already there..
> > > They just would have to deal with the fact that the OS is going to cache
> > > things in ways they dont like..
> > 
> > In a way that makes error recovery impossible for the database.
> 
> You can use O_SYNC to do synced writes.. That only leaves read problems.

But the drivers may reorder writes. That could be really bad.
								-Rob H.


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