Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:04:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mkn@emailbox.hdtv.lucent.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unsupport calls Message-ID: <199806302304.QAA25319@usr02.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199806302234.PAA29470@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> from "Jason Thorpe" at Jun 30, 98 03:34:44 pm
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> > The FreeBSD equivalent is fsync(), since you have no choice on the > > metadata, since FreeBSD obeys the POSIX semantics (which require > > metadata updates to occur). > > You're a bit out of date. Not really. The distinction drawn between user data and metadata is useless in the face of a technology like soft updates. This is just another case of POSIX adding insult to injury, to no real benefit for anyone. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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