Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 May 1997 03:52:13 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: dynamic partitions |
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On Sun, 18 May 1997, Jan Kratochvil wrote: > P.S.: When we're at another large memory copying, will someone the write page > flipping support so that during CD burn the data will no longer be copied > 6 times? Count with me: > > [disk DMA->kernel buffer] > 1. buffer -> userland mkisofs > 2. mkisofs -> kernel pipe buffer > 3. kernel pipe buffer -> userland buffering tool > [>10MB buffer to deal with starvations during compiles] > 4. userland buffering tool -> kernel pipe buffer > 5. kernel pipe buffer -> userland cdrecord buffer > 6. userland cdrecord buffer -> scsi layer buffer > [scsi layer->scsi controller DMA]
What is that 'userland buffering tool'? Where can one get it? Does it lock pages into memory to prevent being swapped out?
-Dan
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