On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> > One of the things wished for EXT2 is extra robustness,
> > which can be achieved with writing the meta-data, and
> > data in correct sequential order to the disk.
>
> Nope. A modern caching IDE drive will not always honour the physical write order
> you give it blocks.
Neither will a caching SCSI controller.
Mike
Is a SYNCHRONIZE CACHE SCSI command sufficient to enforce ordering on the
caching controller? If so, One could use such a command to force batches of
commands to be completed and on the media before subsequent batches are
executed.
Leonard