Re: spindown

[Jamie Lokier]

Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Isn't this why noflushd exists or is this an evil thing that shouldn't
> > ever be used and will eventually eat my disks for breakfast?
> 
> It would eat your flash for breakfast. You know, flash memories have
> no spinning parts, so there's nothing to spin down.

Btw Pavel, does noflushd work with 2.4.4?  The noflushd version 2.4 I
tried said it couldn't find some kernel process (kflushd?  I don't
remember) and that I should use bdflush.  The manual says that's
appropriate for older kernels, but not 2.4.4 surely.

-- Jamie