Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

Terry L Ridder (terrylr@tbcnet.com)
Wed, 05 Aug 1998 01:48:17 -0500

Thank you Chris for bringing this issue up.
It was one I overlooked, but yes raw disk access is essential
for database engines. Granted Informix will run with "cooked" files
but that is not the optimal solution.

Definitely need raw disk access without buffer cache.

Chris Wedgwood wrote:
>
> > You mean like...
> >
> > c0b0t0u0p1 and rc0b0t0u0p1? This would be better WITH DevFS, than
> > without...
>
> Its got nothing to do with devFS. Its means I want to RW to a device
> without the buffer cache getting in the way.
>
> For many applications, this is a bad thing - but for large database
> which maintain their own caches, etc. it can be a big win.

Agreed.

>
> -cw

-- 
Terry L. Ridder
Blue Danube Software (Blaue Donau Software)
"We do not write software, we compose it."


 When the toast is burnt
 and all the milk has turned
 and Captain Crunch is waving farewell
 when the Big One finds you
 may this song remind you that they 
 don't serve breakfast in hell
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