Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:40:00 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [sqlite] light weight write barriers |
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> > Barriers are pretty much universal as you need them for power off ! > > I'm afraid, no storage (drives, if you like this term more) at the moment supports > barriers and, as far as I know the storage history, has never supported.
The ATA cache flush is a write barrier, and given you have no NV cache visible to the controller it's the same thing.
> Instead, what storage does support in this area are:
Yes - the devil is in the detail once you go beyond simple capabilities.
Alan
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