Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:21:22 +0100 (MET) | From | DAVID BALAZIC <> | Subject | Re: Confused about RAW devices ... |
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>From: IN%"alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" "Alan Cox" 18-OCT-1999 14:38:38.05 > >> I'm confused a bit ? What are those raw devices ? > >Direct transfer between user data and cache.
How is this different from traditional devices ?
>> And even if there were, using the O_SYNC flag should tell the driver : >> "Don't cache this , dude !" and there is no need for new device files. > >O_SYNC tells you "write this now" - it is 'write through' caching. The raw >devices both read and write directly using the media.
/dev/cdrom does reads too directly using the media ( dunno for writes :-) as I pointed out in my post.
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