On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 06:14:33PM +0200, Matias Féliciano wrote: > Le vendredi 15 octobre 2004 à 08:01 -0400, Build System a écrit : > > kernel-2.6.8-1.624 > > ------------------ > > > $ diff /boot/config-2.6.8-1.610 /boot/config-2.6.8-1.624 > 1681c1682 > < CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=m > --- > > CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y > > > Why there is raw support in the kernel whereas util-linux from Fedora > drop raw support ? That's a slip-up caused by the RHEL4 kernel being built from the same sources. it should be off for Fedora. > Is there a new way to create (obsolete) raw device other than using the > "raw" programme (normally in util-linux) ? Use O_DIRECT directly on the block device. Dave
