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SubjectRe: [reiserfs-list] Re: [PATCH] 2.4.10 improved reiserfs a lot, but could still be better
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In article <200109251404.f8PE4Oh06427@deathstar.prodigy.com> I wrote:

>Write cache makes a big difference in normal use, where seeks and such
>can be optimized, but for a single process writing a single file (ie.
>dd) I don't see where it would or could help much.

Sorry, ignore this, I got a phone call while replying to this and
glanced at the screen and transposed drive write cache with o/s write
cache. Ignore, I had a failure to restore context, and someone else has
made my intended point about ext2 being able to write stale blocks under
some failure modes.

-bill

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
"If I were a diplomat, in the best case I'd go hungry. In the worst
case, people would die."
-- Robert Lipe
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