On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Newsmail wrote: > What are those write barrier patches? and where can I find them? I was also
I don't know. Some vendor kernels have them (SuSE), but I'm not sure where they are available ATM. > hurted by several 'cross linked' files, described in here. is there a way > to deactivate write caching for just one filesystem? No. You can only disable it per drive. > ps: please somebody let me know where I can find documentation about those > chris mason patches, or at least what is dara=ordered or data=journal > options. everybody talks about it, nobody explains. or did I miss something? You can safely consult ext3 documentation on these options, reiserfs should behave the same in respect to these options. -- Matthias Andree
