Re: Read ahead.

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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Peter Zaitsev wrote:

> Is READ_AHEAD configureble in linux 2.2.x in any way... If so then how ?

There seem to be some defines in mm/filemap.c, but that's hardly
more than a minor tweak in how agressive the readahead can be.

What exactly are you trying to get done?
Would there be more people in need of this?
What kind of kernel changes did you have in mind to accomplish this?

regards,

Rik

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