Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:30:04 -0600 (CST) | From | Shawn Leas <> | Subject | Re: NO_ATIME Patch |
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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, david leigh wrote:
> Hi All > > This is my first post to the list. If its a post that should be at another > place just tell me and I'll leave quietly... > > I have been trying to configure a machine optimised to run as a squid cache. > I've used Michael O'Reilly's FileHandle patch (which I think is working OK - > I'm still not sure which refernce is to the filedescriptor maximum - there > are options for maximum number of files per process and maximum number of > processes - I've got both set at 3092 - any higher and the kernel that > results won't boot. I've also altered the resulting limits.h file in > /usr/include/linux to set the file_max option there to 3092) and the > configure script will run without complaining about anything. > > Now I want to set the cache drives to use a NO_ATIME option. I found a patch > looking through dejanews but it didn't take. Can anyone let me know if the > 2.0.36 kernel allows you to set a NO_ATIME option, or if I need a patch, and > if I do need a patch wehre it can be found?
You can just use the noatime option, you need no patch for that. I believe you want to get Richard Gooch's (I think?) nodiratime patch and use that too.
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