Re: ext3-2.4-0.9.4

Gregory Maxwell
2001-08-04T04:15:44Z

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 11:50:23PM -0400, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> > http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/reliability.html
>
> ...which is consistent. Qmail is assuming that the link() is
> synchronous, as it was back in the "Good Old Days" of stock FFS.

That isn't the only cruft there from the "Good Old Days":

"Battery backups will keep your server alive, letting you park the disk to
avoid a head crash, when the power goes out."

What the hell? Self-parking drives predate qmail by quite a long time.