Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:47:39 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, jeremie@le-hen.org Subject: Re: Hot-swap SATA and atacontrol Message-ID: <42F11F5B.5080708@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <40320.1123057945@bizet.nethelp.no> References: <20050803082939.GE45385@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <40320.1123057945@bizet.nethelp.no>
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sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: >>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. > > Kirk did say a long time ago that he thought 5 syncs might be enough but I haven't heard him say that for a long time so he may have changed his mind :-) >Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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