linux-kernel - Re: Is there something like multi-device fan out ?

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Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:14:12 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@...d.de>
CC:	"J.A. Magallon" <magallon@...zar.es>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Is there something like multi-device fan out ?

Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> 
> And if you want to be absolutly sure.
> 
> RAM is cheap nowadays, plug in enough RAM (no swap!) so you can copy the 
> image to burn into a tmpfs before starting to write them.
> No disc IO involved at all. ;-)
> 

You don't have to copy it to tmpfs, either.  Just let the cache do its job.

	-hpa
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