linux-kernel - Re: How to read/write from/to the HD with out kernel cashing

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Message-ID: <9a8748490611210205v7beea9aer7c511f2dd4dbf95a@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:05:40 +0100
From:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	"Dipti Ranjan Tarai" <dipti@...omedia.soft.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to read/write from/to the HD with out kernel cashing

On 21/11/06, Dipti Ranjan Tarai <dipti@...omedia.soft.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>        I am using fedora core -3 with kernel 2.6.10. I want to
> read/write a sector from/to the HD with out kernel caching. Basically my
> aim is to communicate directly with the ide drivers so that I can bypass
> the kernel cache. Please give some idea regarding this.
>
Why wouldn't the (obsolete) RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) or (better)
O_DIRECT work for you??

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