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Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:46:24 +0100
From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, davej@codemonkey.org.uk,
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Subject: Re: 2.5 'what to expect'
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Jamie Lokier wrote:
> >2.4 fails on write()?  A strace of "rpm --rebuilddb" shows it is
> >opening with O_DIRECT and writing just fine.  Or does that only work
> >with RedHat's 2.4 kernels?
> 
> Are you testing on a filesystem where an O_DIRECT is not supported?
> The "it works" case is not an issue.

ext3.

-- Jamie