To: gene.heskett@verizon.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of the obsolete raw driver
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From: Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:59:00 -0500
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Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net> writes:

>>No, it's a different raw driver, for big databases that basically want
>>their own custom filesystem on a disk.
>
> With the attendent possibility of rendering the whole thing 
> unrecoverably moot?
>
> OTOH, if this database actually does have a better way, and its mature 
> and proven, then I see no reason to cripple the database people just to 
> remove what is viewed as a potentially dangerous path to the media 
> surface for the unwashed to abuse.

The database people have a newer and supported way to do that, via the
O_DIRECT flag to open().  They aren't losing any functionality.

-Doug
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