tag 309591 sarge thanks Steve Langasek [2005-05-18 1:05 -0700]: > > apparently the sync option really should *NOT* be used, especially not by > > default: > > > http://readlist.com/lists/vger.kernel.org/linux-kernel/22/111748.html > > This may or may not be a grave bug, but AFAIK it doesn't apply to sarge > because the kernels in sarge do not support sync on FAT/VFAT.
That's not entirely true. Older kernels indeed do not completely implement sync on vfat, but at least to a certain degree; there is still a small amount of data that does get written after calling "sync", but it is by no way the same amount of data that gets written when mounting async. I read the thread and it convinced me to change the pmount default from sync to async (which would be a trivial change) and replace the --async option with a --sync option. The advantages (don't destroy flash hardware and greatly speed up the writing process) outweigh the disadvantages (protect users from corruption if they don't unmount their drives) IMHO. I will prepare the patch ASAP and send it to this bug. In the meantime, would you accept this change for Sarge? Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntulinux.org Debian Developer http://www.debian.org
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