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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:03:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linuxdiskcert.org>
To: "Pedro M. Rodrigues" <pmanuel@myrealbox.com>
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Subject: Re: Flash Back -- kernel 2.1.111
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Pedro M. Rodrigues wrote:

> 
>    I checked Microsoft's proposal recently. Didn't see see anything 
> devastating, could you please enlighten me on this one?

Does forcing a command to bypass the contents in the cache meaning
anything.  This is not a cache sync like SCSI.  It is a cache bypass and
will violate the journal on the down/commit block.


> 
> Thanks,
> Pedro
> 
> On 22 Feb 2002 at 1:25, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> 
> > continue to lobby for modification the Microsoft Proposal of a new
> > command, Force Unit Access, as make the Journaling File Systems
> > stable. Especially since their proposal and usage of the command under
> > EXT3/Reiser/XFS/etc would damage the data.
> 
> 

Andre Hedrick
Linux Disk Certification Project                Linux ATA Development

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