On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 01:25:55PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Steve Langasek [2005-05-18 1:05 -0700]: > > > apparently the sync option really should *NOT* be used, especially not by > > > default: > > > > > http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/22/111748.html > > > > This may or may not be a grave bug, but AFAIK it doesn't apply to sarge > > because the kernels in sarge do not support sync on FAT/VFAT. > That's not entirely true. Older kernels indeed do not completely > implement sync on vfat, but at least to a certain degree; there is > still a small amount of data that does get written after calling > "sync", but it is by no way the same amount of data that gets written > when mounting async. > I read the thread and it convinced me to change the pmount default > from sync to async (which would be a trivial change) and replace the > --async option with a --sync option. The advantages (don't destroy > flash hardware and greatly speed up the writing process) outweigh the > disadvantages (protect users from corruption if they don't unmount > their drives) IMHO. > I will prepare the patch ASAP and send it to this bug. In the > meantime, would you accept this change for Sarge? If you think that's the correct course of action for addressing this bug, then yes. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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