On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 09:58:14PM +0100, Sami Kerola wrote:
> Tell in manual page that one should use open(2) O_DIRECT flag rather than
> raw device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx>
> ---
> disk-utils/raw.8 | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/disk-utils/raw.8 b/disk-utils/raw.8
> index 717f4ef1b..5d04aa226 100644
> --- a/disk-utils/raw.8
> +++ b/disk-utils/raw.8
> @@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ device buffer cache. If you use raw I/O to overwrite data already in
> the buffer cache, the buffer cache will no longer correspond to the
> contents of the actual storage device underneath. This is deliberate,
> but is regarded either a bug or a feature depending on who you ask!
> +.SH NOTES
> +Kernel developers consider raw driver deprecated. Applications should
Maybe you want to see "git log disk-utils/raw.8", raw devices are not
deprecated any more. See kernel commit abd4aa5a97ebc0efb9a7fbc98ef0bcf39266fadf.
Karel
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