Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 18:07:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, tom@uniserve.com, gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, irc@cooltime.simplenet.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Download of FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP Message-ID: <199809141807.LAA18273@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199809140412.VAA00438@implode.root.com> from "David Greenman" at Sep 13, 98 09:12:18 pm
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> >FreeBSD no longer does elevator sorts on data pending output, > >relying instead on the disk hardware to be smarter about this, > >especially given the likelihood that the drive is lying about > >its pysical geometry, making it unlikely that any sort you > >could do would result in an optimization. > > Not true. All of the "dumb" drivers (wd, fd, etc) call a generic disk block > elevator sorting function. (!) I didn't see this... time to reread the damn code before I post another answer in this area... 8-(. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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