On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Huh, Woojung wrote:
> Hi, All,
>
> I'm testing on 2.4.0-test4-np1 on ADS Graphics Client.
> When I execute "sync" command, it does not write to flash memory.
> Flash is updated when "umount" is executed.
> I also tested on 2.3.35, the result is same.
> Did anybody experience it ?
In order to cope with large flash page which are much larger than what the
block device layer can handle, there is another cache locally to the flash
driver. Unfortunately I didn't find a way to hook into the kernel so the
driver could be noticed when a sync() occured.
For instance the cache is always cleaned on close() (or unmount). So you
can ensure the flash has been written with the following:
sync ; true < /dev/flash
Nicolas
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