Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Disk integrity in QEMU

[Ian Jackson]

Anthony Liguori writes ("[Qemu-devel] [RFC] Disk integrity in QEMU"):
> So to summarize, I think we should enable O_DSYNC by default to ensure 
> that guest data integrity is not dependent on the host OS, and that 
> practically speaking, cache=off is only useful for very specialized 
> circumstances.  Part of the patch I'll follow up with includes changes 
> to the man page to document all of this for users.

I have a patch which does this and allows the host to control the
buffering with the IDE cache control facility.

I'll be resubmitting it shortly (if I manage to get round to it before
going away for three weeks on Thursday lunchtime ...)

Ian.