Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:18:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:18:43 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:2513 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:18:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:20:53 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Andre Hedrick Cc: Linux-Kernel mailing list Subject: Re: Status of write barrier support for 2.4? Message-ID: <20020628202053.C777@suse.de> References: <20020628200203.A777@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 937 Lines: 27 On Fri, Jun 28 2002, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > Jens, > > I just got crapped all over trying to get us "write barrier" opcodes :-/. > However I do have the start of a draft to submit soon. I could not piggy > back of FUA by MicroSoft last week. Basic FUA bit for WRITE command would be good, as long as it also prevents reordering of the writes currently in write cache. I don't think mmc makes any such guarentee, although I would have to check to be sure. > So how did the talk go at OLS for the IDE roadmap to destruction go? > I could not attend, as I was doing other stuff associated with the > industry. I don't think there was such a talk?! If so, I didn't attend. -- Jens Axboe - 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/