Re: How to read/write from/to the HD with out kernel cashing

[Jesper Juhl]

On 21/11/06, Dipti Ranjan Tarai <dipti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>        I am using fedora core -3 with kernel 2.6.10. I want to
> read/write a sector from/to the HD with out kernel caching. Basically my
> aim is to communicate directly with the ide drivers so that I can bypass
> the kernel cache. Please give some idea regarding this.
Why wouldn't the (obsolete) RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) or (better)
O_DIRECT work for you??

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