Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 9 Oct 2001 13:55:28 -0700 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.11.p4 and dd |
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On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:03:12AM +0200, Constantin Loizides wrote: > Hi! > > > > 2.4.3 uses a large amount of buffer, 2.4.11p4 only chache. > > > > Block devices are handled by the page cache in 2.4.10 and up. > > > > Eh, did I miss something?
Yes.
>Thought, that meta data are still > cached in buffer cache?
FSes still use the buffer cache, but the block devices now use page cache.
>Did it change from 2.4.9 to 2.4.10?
Yes, in 2.4.10pre11
> What about the ac kernels? >
Block devices use Buffer Cache. Alan has stated that he doesn't plan to merge this change any time soon, if at all.
> Constantin
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