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SubjectRe: bdflush / update
Hi!

> I want to get rid of bdflush/update. Since kflushd almost does the same as
> bdflush, I only need to sync perodically, right? What would be the right
> approach? To create a new task_struct for a, say, ksync? It certainly
> sounds nicer than just plugging it in bdflush..

Right solution is not to do it at all. bdflush does a lot of important
things for me, such as spinning down disks. Spindown is pretty
complex, so I'd like it out of kernel. Also, I consider it feature to
be able to run without bdflush (altrough it is probably trap for
novices).

Pavel

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I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel
Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).

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