When will we see O_DIRECT support included in the Linux kernel? We have now tested 2.4.4 with the o_direct-5 patch, and it still works perfectly. I sent an email about two weeks ago asking if the O_DIRECT patch by Andrea Archangeli would be included in 2.4.4. 2.4.4 has since been released, but only with the rawio patch, which Andrea considered as a bugfix patch. The O_DIRECT patch is in my view really important for high data volume applications that do caching internally. The performance graph I posted earlier should be enough evidence. If I remember correctly, Stephen Tweedie implemented O_DIRECT support already back in 1999. Why this implementation was not included, I do not know. Linux would be lacking behind other OSs if not O_DIRECT support is added. All major commercial OSs have this capability. -- Michael Susæg, M.Eng. Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Engineer Web: http://www.fast.no/ Fast Search & Transfer ASA Phone: +47 21 60 12 27 P.O. Box 1677 Vika Fax: +47 21 60 12 01 NO-0120 Oslo, NORWAY Mob: +47 90 06 38 70 Try FAST Search: http://www.alltheweb.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
