From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N22un-0004VM-Sg for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:13:45 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N22um-0004Ts-2w for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:13:44 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N22uh-0004S0-DK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:13:43 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57571 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N22uh-0004Rx-BH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:13:39 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:44462 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N22uh-0001SU-2Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:13:39 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N22ue-0004ah-So for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:13:37 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N22ue-00060o-B3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:13:36 +0100 Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:13:36 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20091025131336.GA21606@thorin> References: <20091025003617.GH28534@riva.ucam.org> <4AE41A15.7050504@gmail.com> <1256463421.3277.14.camel@fz.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1256463421.3277.14.camel@fz.local> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support RAID on virtio devices, and others X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:13:44 -0000 On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:37:01AM +0100, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > We have a bug report in Debian[0] open that grub-probe is very slow due > to the use of ioctl(BLKFLSBUF) > A comment above it says this is needed due to a bug in the Linux kernel. > Is there a safe way to check if this is still needed with a recent > Kernel? > This seems to be added 2003, so things could have changed now a bit. > > [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508834 I think this is only an issue in very specific situations. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."