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

[Tejun Heo]

Dipti Ranjan Tarai 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.

man 2 open, then look for O_DIRECT.

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tejun
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