From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tyke.pjc.net (public1-leed3-6-cust141.leed.broadband.ntl.com [80.0.5.141]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 826B44846 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:35:12 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:35:09 +0100 From: Patrick Caulfield To: Rodolfo Baselli Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] O_DIRECT on devices Message-ID: <20020711093509.GH822@tykepenguin.com> References: <20020711082259.GF822@tykepenguin.com> <3D2D4B4B.4010705@deaprofessionale.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 In-Reply-To: <3D2D4B4B.4010705@deaprofessionale.it> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:09:31AM +0200, Rodolfo Baselli wrote: > Patrick Caulfield wrote: > >I'm currently working on LVM2 and we want to use O_DIRECT to write the > >metadata > >from userspace. so I open a partition with O_DIRECT and try to read/write > >the > >data from an aligned buffer. > > Hmmm, so is LVM ready for HP PA-RISC Linux? WOW! LVM2 works fine - I use it all the time on my HP and Alpha boxes. O_DIRECT is an optimisation I would like to have in there though cos it avoids a lot of buffer-cache nastiness when clustering (yes, I'm working on that too but that bit won't be GPLed) > By the way, I'm reading right now "The catcher in the rye" by J.D. > Salinger, and as I glanced at your 2nd name I felt like I was still > reading the book! :-))) :-) If you were a pop-art expert you might have got even more deja-vu ! http://www.postershop.com/Caulfield-Patrick/Caulfield-Patrick-After-Lunch-2405657.html I blame my parents... patrick