Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 15 May 2001 19:56:07 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: Getting FS access events |
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On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:13:13AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
We should not create crap code just because we _can_.
How about removing code?
In 2.5.x is we move fs metadata into the pagecache, do we even need a buffer cache anymore? Can't we just ditch it completely and make all device access raw?
It seems to me this is not only simple but also elegant, or perhaps I am fundamentally missing something?
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