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Re: mjf-devfs2 branch



On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 03:53:34PM -0400, Matthew Mondor wrote:
> On Monday, 31 Mar 2008 1:54:24
> Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%rek.tjls.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > I think block devices should just go away.  Wouldn't this be an
> > opportunetime, too?
> 
> Would this mean that there could no longer be fast read-ahead and
> cached disk device access?

I doubt it. While I do not know all that Thor has in mind, I doubt he's 
going to propose getting rid of read-ahead or caching. To be honest, we 
aren't getting rid of read-ahead or caching, so I really doubt that's what 
Thor has in mind. :-)

Take care,

Bill

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