2002-12-27 09:59:26

by Jeff Chua

Subject: bdflush system call obsolete???

2.5.53 kernel complaint about ...

warning: process 'update' used the obsolete bdflush system call.
Fix your initscripts?

... what's the replacement for "update-2.11"?


Thanks,
Jeff
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2002-12-27 10:15:28

by Andrew Morton

Subject: Re: bdflush system call obsolete???

Jeff Chua wrote:
>
> 2.5.53 kernel complaint about ...
>
> warning: process 'update' used the obsolete bdflush system call.
> Fix your initscripts?
>
> ... what's the replacement for "update-2.11"?
>

There isn't one. The daemon itself has been obsolete for years.

The parameters all changed, and the interface for setting those
is to read or write the entries in /proc/sys/vm/. They are mostly
described in Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt.