| Date | Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:30:25 +0100 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: elevator algorithm bug in ll_rw_blk.c |
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> I get the joke, but I've got to think that there's nothing > particularly directional about track-to-track seek speed.
Track-to-track seek speeds are not directional, but inter-sector speeds are and since the algorithm has no information on physical disk geometry, it cannot distinguish whether two sectors are on the same track or not.
Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth "Light-year? One-third less calories than a regular year."
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