Re: Ext2, fsync() and MTA's?

2001-05-12 Thread Andrew McNamara
it would have to be done in a lot of places (even though he wraps most system calls already), and he is concerned one location may be missed: it's not something that can tested for. --- Andrew McNamara (System Architect) connect.com.au Pty Ltd Lvl 3, 213 Miller St, North Sydney, NSW 2060,

Ext2, fsync() and MTA's?

2001-05-12 Thread Andrew McNamara
Is the following still true in 2.4 (fsync() doesn't ensure directory and inode data is up to date)? I had a feeling this had been fixed. Under Linux, the Postfix MTA sets "chattr +S" on it's spool directories - obviously this hurts it's performance badly (compared to the BSD's). It would be

Ext2, fsync() and MTA's?

2001-05-12 Thread Andrew McNamara
Is the following still true in 2.4 (fsync() doesn't ensure directory and inode data is up to date)? I had a feeling this had been fixed. Under Linux, the Postfix MTA sets chattr +S on it's spool directories - obviously this hurts it's performance badly (compared to the BSD's). It would be really

Re: Ext2, fsync() and MTA's?

2001-05-12 Thread Andrew McNamara
is concerned one location may be missed: it's not something that can tested for. --- Andrew McNamara (System Architect) connect.com.au Pty Ltd Lvl 3, 213 Miller St, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Phone: +61 2 9409 2117, Fax: +61 2 9409 2111 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: some sound-related oops'es

2000-09-25 Thread Andrew McNamara
dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 In particular, the "multiple=0" got it to load without the "sb: I/O region in use". --- Andrew McNamara (System Architect) connect.com.au Pty Ltd Lvl 3, 213 Miller St, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Phone: +61 2 9409 2117, Fax: +61 2 9409 2111 - To un

Re: some sound-related oops'es

2000-09-25 Thread Andrew McNamara
particular, the "multiple=0" got it to load without the "sb: I/O region in use". --- Andrew McNamara (System Architect) connect.com.au Pty Ltd Lvl 3, 213 Miller St, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Phone: +61 2 9409 2117, Fax: +61 2 9409 2111 - To unsubscribe from this list: se