Re: imapd and synchronous writes

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 15:24:17 +0000 (GMT)

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> and the authors are looking at alternatives to sync writes which
> preserve the metadata consistency (by using either ordered async
> writes or rollback mechanisms).

I'm under the impression some of the USL related people have a US software
patent on ordered async writes. Probably worth someone checking this out.

Alan

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