On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 12:32 +0000, T. Horsnell wrote: > And since there is no point in > buffering the data in the first place if its not going to be > re-accessed in a short time, that delay could possibly be avoided. Buffering also allows the device to write the data in bursts, which makes the write(s) orders of magnitude faster in most cases; and it also allows the device to write in sequentially large chunks, instead of simply writing the data as its received, which allows for things like I/O scheduling and prioritizing, et al. -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) GnuPG Public Key: 0xDA3634D7
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