Re: [PATCH 03/10] docs: raw devices are deprecated

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On 24 April 2017 at 11:10, Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Maybe you want to see "git log disk-utils/raw.8", raw devices are not
> deprecated any more. See kernel commit abd4aa5a97ebc0efb9a7fbc98ef0bcf39266fadf.

How about not saying 'deprecated' but hinting O_DIRECT is better?

https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/9cd7d4dad4c2753d14e125c7ea2af941a2c11be0

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