wget: progress doesn't work with BusyBox v1.22.1 on flash memory

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Thu Mar 27 15:54:15 UTC 2014


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Cathey, Jim <jcathey at ciena.com> wrote:
>>I'll fix the bug, but why your writes are so slow?
>
> Flash _is_ slow.
>
>>Kernel is supposed to buffer writes to filesystems.
>
> That only works, to a point.  Perhaps write-through
> is engages on this _system_, for fitness of purpose
> reasons?  The point is, you can't _count_ on buffering
> to hide bugs!

I said   "I'll fix the bug", not    "it's not a bug".


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