Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Jan 1999 01:28:57 -0800 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: Should raw I/O be added to the kernel? |
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From: uixjjji1@umail.furryterror.org (Zygo Blaxell) Date: 21 Jan 1999 23:38:15 -0500
Then the power fails before the SCSI drive can flush its embedded cache.
Oops.
Oops, but only for the drive manufacturer. Last I checked nearly all scsi disk manufacturers which used a cache design where this would matter, have a mechanism which keeps enough charge around such that at the event of a power loss to the disk the cache will be flushed in time within some large margin of error.
Later, David S. Miller davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com
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