Oops I mean user data and media .. duh.
> >O_SYNC tells you "write this now" - it is 'write through' caching. The raw
> >devices both read and write directly using the media.
>
> /dev/cdrom does reads too directly using the media ( dunno for writes :-)
> as I pointed out in my post.
The CD code caches blocks in memory.
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