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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: ufs is too slow?
To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs)
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 23:22:28 -0500 (EST)
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> 
> Yes, please get rid of the locked buffer stuff.  That code is EVIL.
> 
> BTW,do you have any plans for removing the 64k I/O limitation?  It sorta
> sucks when you want to write a 1meg segment to have to cut it up into such
> small pieces.
> 
You have always hated that!!!  I plan to do something to create alternate
mappings: segments.  Segments will probably use a yet to be enhanced
VM/Buffer cache pbuf mechanism (not to be confused with VJ's networking
pbufs.)  There will be no 64K limitation as such.  I am still listening
to "bright ideas" though :-).

John