From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 30 03:56:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D1016A416 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:56:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4226443D49 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:56:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.25] ([192.168.42.25]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9U3rwKP008719; Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:53:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <45457757.6090408@centtech.com> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:53:59 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061015) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: frank@exit.com References: <20061029140716.GA12058@comp.chem.msu.su> <20061029152227.GA11826@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <006801c6fb77$e4e30100$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <4544F837.9010304@bitfreak.org> <1162150478.89604.11.camel@jill.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <1162150478.89604.11.camel@jill.exit.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2131/Sun Oct 29 16:00:12 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: freebsd@bitfreak.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yeah, but what does it mean? [Was: Re: File trees: the deeper, the weirder] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:56:00 -0000 On 10/29/06 13:34, Frank Mayhar wrote: > On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 10:51 -0800, freebsd@bitfreak.org wrote: >> What does vnlru stand for? VNode List Recycling Unit? Someone please >> tell me. I lost Deep Thought's email address, so I'm a bit stuck. > > I wasn't in on the naming, but I'll bet it stands for something along > the lines of VNode Least Recently Used. Yep, that's what it means. vn* is commonly used in the kernel for vnodes, and an 'lru' is commonly known for a 'least recently used' sort of list. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------