From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:39:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:39:10 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:16649 "EHLO deathstar.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:39:00 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:39:22 -0400 Message-Id: <200109251739.f8PHdM406644@deathstar.prodigy.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [reiserfs-list] Re: [PATCH] 2.4.10 improved reiserfs a lot, but could still be better X-Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel In-Reply-To: <200109251404.f8PE4Oh06427@deathstar.prodigy.com> Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <200109251404.f8PE4Oh06427@deathstar.prodigy.com> I wrote: >Write cache makes a big difference in normal use, where seeks and such >can be optimized, but for a single process writing a single file (ie. >dd) I don't see where it would or could help much. Sorry, ignore this, I got a phone call while replying to this and glanced at the screen and transposed drive write cache with o/s write cache. Ignore, I had a failure to restore context, and someone else has made my intended point about ext2 being able to write stale blocks under some failure modes. -bill -- bill davidsen "If I were a diplomat, in the best case I'd go hungry. In the worst case, people would die." -- Robert Lipe