> Wouldn't this solution be just as difficult to implement as Raw
> devices???
[snip poorly quoted stuff about letting the FS determin read buffering on
a file by file basis]
No, it would be more difficult.. But it would be 'neat' and have very
good benifits.. A extra flag on the open call to set caching behavior
would be great.
Raw devices would have comparitivly few benifits. Furthermore, this
feature would make raw devices absolutly unnessassary (just open the /dev/
file with the approiate open flags)..
This feature would have great uses for MM apps and such..