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From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: raw devices are deprecated
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:10:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170424101040.snryxu4sndqtyzza@ws.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170423205821.7444-4-kerolasa@iki.fi>

On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 09:58:14PM +0100, Sami Kerola wrote:
> Tell in manual page that one should use open(2) O_DIRECT flag rather than
> raw device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
> ---
>  disk-utils/raw.8 | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/disk-utils/raw.8 b/disk-utils/raw.8
> index 717f4ef1b..5d04aa226 100644
> --- a/disk-utils/raw.8
> +++ b/disk-utils/raw.8
> @@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ device buffer cache.  If you use raw I/O to overwrite data already in
>  the buffer cache, the buffer cache will no longer correspond to the
>  contents of the actual storage device underneath.  This is deliberate,
>  but is regarded either a bug or a feature depending on who you ask!
> +.SH NOTES
> +Kernel developers consider raw driver deprecated.  Applications should

Maybe you want to see "git log disk-utils/raw.8", raw devices are not
deprecated any more. See kernel commit abd4aa5a97ebc0efb9a7fbc98ef0bcf39266fadf.

    Karel


-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-24 10:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-23 20:58 [PATCH 00/10] pull: various change, some options related Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 01/10] lsipc: fix options parsing and sync with man page Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 02/10] blkid: add long options Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 03/10] docs: raw devices are deprecated Sami Kerola
2017-04-24 10:10   ` Karel Zak [this message]
2017-04-27 21:13     ` Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 04/10] libblkid: add blkid_return_known_pttypes() Sami Kerola
2017-04-24 10:00   ` Karel Zak
2017-04-27 21:08     ` Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 05/10] partx: add --list-types option Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 06/10] misc: clarify ternary operators with parentheses Sami Kerola
2017-04-24 10:32   ` Karel Zak
2017-04-27 21:15     ` Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 07/10] sulogin: reduce vulnerability surface Sami Kerola
2017-04-24 11:06   ` Karel Zak
2017-04-24 12:24   ` Petr Vorel
2017-04-27 21:21     ` Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 08/10] logger: make month names, login name, and tag read-only objects Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 09/10] findfs: use getopt_long() to parse options Sami Kerola
2017-04-23 20:58 ` [PATCH 10/10] chfn, chsh: use readline(3) to receive user input Sami Kerola
2017-04-24 10:42 ` [PATCH 00/10] pull: various change, some options related Karel Zak
2017-04-27 21:18   ` Sami Kerola
2017-05-09 10:08 ` Karel Zak

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