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- Subject: Re: Cache buffers for MiNT
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 22:31:54 +0200 (CDT)
- From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.north.de>
-
- In article <m0qQek3-000OE7C@nasim.cube.net> you write:
- >In article <9407201013.AA22393@math.uni-muenster.de> you wrote:
- >
- >> Most unixes use the currently not used memory as a cache for the
- >> file systems. So, I would like it very much if MiNT would have something
- >> similar, as it would increase the disk performance dramatically.
- >
- >> [...]
- >
- >> Any opinions?
- >
- >Hmm, I assume the usual configuration of a MiNT machine is 4 MB. If
- >you only run one compiler, you can be happy if you can execute 'ls'.
- >
- >I think it's worth implementing it, if we have any sort of virtual
- >memory. But until then its more effort than real use. Remember the
- >momory fragmentation problem.
-
- well. if you do it right thats not a problem, disk buffers can
- be written back or moved around in memory... but if you implement it
- i would do virtual memory and real paging/swapping at the same time
- or the two might later end up standing in each others ways very easily. :)
- >
- >Bye,
- >Knarf
- just thinking...
- Juergen
-