Re: Linux kernel 2.6.x Raw device support

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Dave Platt wrote:

> It does have certain limitations, granted - you have to be careful
> about your buffer alignments, and you have to explicitly ask for it
> (via binding a /dev/raw/* device in 2.4, and now via O_DIRECT in
> 2.6).  It doesn't come "for free" - normal, standard disk I/O
> still goes through the kernel buffer pool.
>
>
>  
Do i recall you have to use magic buffer sizes and seek positioning? On 
sector or block boundaries? I used this, but looong ago, and haven't in 
years.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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