Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:32:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:30:46 -0500 Received: from krusty.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:40207 "EHLO krusty.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:30:26 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 23:30:21 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] queue barrier support Message-ID: <20020215223021.GA12204@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3998280000.1013790514@tiny> <200202151651.g1FGpjs02083@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200202151651.g1FGpjs02083@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, James Bottomley wrote: > Note also that on system shutdown, most devices that use write back caching > are also expecting a cache flush instruction from the node, which Linux > doesn't send. Hair splitting: it looks as though Andre Hedrick's IDE patch did this at least. Of course, that does not affect SCSI drives, but since you wrote "Linux", I thought this could be mentioned in this thread again. At least, my ATA drives are powered down some seconds before my ATX PC is, and the kernel says about flushing the cache. -- Matthias Andree "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/