Re: bdflush problem ?

Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@suse.de)
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 02:10:08 +0100 (CET)


On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Jamie Lokier wrote:

>until *2.2.11*; it's still in present kernels. I remember losing about
>5 hours worth of data sometime in that range of kernels, and I had
>/sbin/update disabled because I thought it wasn't necessary. Evidently

You don't need to disable it. It will do_exit() immediatly. So just always
execute it at boot and go safe.

>it was. I'm under the impression it is not required for current 2.3
>kernels.

Yes, I ported kupdate to 2.3.2x last month and it's just in the
recent 2.3.x.

Andrea

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/