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Date:      Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:34:19 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Alex Nash <alex@fa.tdktca.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Cc:        dunn@harborcom.net, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: async flag to mount(8)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960703133115.10943E-100000@fa.tdktca.com>
In-Reply-To: <199607031826.LAA10899@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Terry Lambert wrote:

> Matt Day (next cubicle over from mine) has implemented soft updates,
> though without some of my FS changes, they can not be integrated
> into FreeBSD.
> 
> An FS using soft updates operates within ~5% of memory speed, according
> to the Ganger/Patt paper from the University of Michigan.
> 
> This is faster than pure async because of write gathering during the
> soft update timer period.
> 
> Async sucks.  Get over it.

So async only sucks *when* we get your patches.  I'm sure Poul can't 
wait! :)

Alex




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