Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 May 2006 11:04:45 +0800 | From | Wu Fengguang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/33] Adaptive read-ahead V12 |
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On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 08:31:43AM +1000, kernel@kolivas.org wrote: > Quoting Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com>: > > > That leaves another question that I (a poor user) may have missed: Why is > > adaptive read-ahead compile-time configurable instead of completely > > replacing > > the old system? > > That was done to appease the users out there that had worse performance with it. > In the early stages of development of this code it was rather detrimental on an > ordinary desktop. Fortunately that seems to have gotten a lot better. I don't > think the final version should be a compile time option. It's either "adaptive" > and better everywhere or it's not.
Hehe, I have a dream - that it helps *everywhere* ;-)
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