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Re: [PATCH] dd: add a flag to discard cached data
From: |
Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] dd: add a flag to discard cached data |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:58:56 +0000 |
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On 24/02/11 09:51, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 24/02/11 07:52, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> One quick question: does the test need
>> something to make it skip (not fail)
>> on systems that lack kernel support for the feature?
>
> Oops right.
> Attached is latest version.
The last version didn't handle read errors correctly.
Latest version at http://www.pixelbeat.org/patches/priv/dd-nocache.diff
cheers,
Pádraig.