Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!hutch From: hutch@sdcsvax.UUCP (Jim Hutchison) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Voodoo Practices Message-ID: <867@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-May-85 12:32:17 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.867 Posted: Thu May 16 12:32:17 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 22-May-85 07:46:28 EDT Organization: UCSD EMU Project (Educational Microcomputer Unix) Lines: 22 I have just begun to learn how to hack/program device drivers, and I seem to be seeing what might be called "voodoo" practices. By "voodoo" I mean practices that are done ``Because they Work''. 3 syncs during a reboot. One is supposed to do it, yes?no? !?! Sync before a halting? Halt syncs! There are several more no doubt. Will someone kindly elucidate, please? If no elucidation is possible, does anyone have a *list*, mental or otherwise, that they can post? -- /* "When you are dying, a wombat is better than no company at all." Jim Hutchison UUCP: {dcdwest,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!hutch ARPA: hutch@sdcsvax < Ofcourse these statements are only mine, not my employers. > */