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Subject: Re: [PATCH] deprecate use of bdflush()
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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 12:10:01PM -0500, Robert Love wrote:
> 2.4 does not need bdflush, either.
> 
> Bdflush the user-space daemon went away a long time ago, ~1995.

sys_bdflush() is still usable in 2.4 to tune kupdated's parameters.
Only func==1 functionality is long gone.

> Besides, you only see the message once for each daemon that is loaded. 
> So regardless of the rate limiting you probably only see it once on
> boot.

And each time you try to twist the flushing parameters.

Regards,

Daniel.

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