Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:32:25 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: jeremie@le-hen.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hot-swap SATA and atacontrol Message-ID: <40320.1123057945@bizet.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 3 Aug 2005 10:29:39 %2B0200" References: <20050803082939.GE45385@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org>
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> More seriously, I don't see the point in using sync(8) three times > consecutively, except that's an indirect method to wait for the disk > buffers to be flushed before powering down. Please, correct me if I'm > wrong. Also, with softupdates you are *not* necessarily certain that all buffers have been flushed after three sync's. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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