Re: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b

[Frank Naumann <fnaumann@prinz-atm.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>]

Hi!

> > > > If it's possible to lock through XHDI, the buffer cache lock a
> > > > device if there are dirty sectors in the cache.
> > 
> > As I know HDDriver can lock all drives that support this. This include all
> > ZiP and Syquest drives.
> 
> The next obvious question is, do our filesystems lock devices until
> the cache is flushed, on MiNT (whenever possible, obviously not with
> floppies)?

If you reread the first quoted sentence in this posting you have the
answer.


Tschuess
   ...Frank

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