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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Delete obsolete RAW driver feature.
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"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com> writes:

> Delete the allegedly obsolete raw driver feature, which has been
> marked for death since 2005.

I think it would be better to replace it with a wrapper
that forces O_DIRECT and opens the underlying block device. I suspect
just dropping it will break many people's database setups, which is not
nice. Widely used admin interfaces should be only broken when
there is a very good reason and just "there is a better way now"
doesn't seem quite strong enough.

-Andi
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