Re: /proc/sys/vm/(max|min)-readahead effect????

Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (roy@karlsbakk.net)
Wed, 5 Dec 2001 19:27:07 +0100 (CET)

> I suspect the per-device readahead for IDE is limiting the
> effect of vm_max_readahead ...

hm...

any way to avoid this? I mean... The readahead in vm is layered above the
actual device, and should therefore not be limited... Am I right? You
could do several device calls, and fake readahead, and probably get pretty
much out of it.

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Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA


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