Re: Ext2 speedup (No atime update), concerns

Jamie Lokier (jamie@rebellion.co.uk)
Tue, 4 Jun 96 01:33 BST


>>>>> "Ingo" == Ingo Molnar <mingo@kaliban.csoma.elte.hu> writes:

Ingo> i got warned by the author, that you cant use this for
Ingo> ordinary filesytstems, since some applications rely on this
Ingo> behaviour. One thing is "new mail checking". I'm sure i dont
Ingo> want to loose/change such a feature

It would probably be best implemented as an inherited ext2 attribute
then. Stick it on the news spool directory, and maybe those few files
that keep the laptop owner's disks spinning.

-- Jamie