Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 07:31:47 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: These mtv video pauses are murder Message-ID: <199712221231.HAA01467@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <19971222072206.45282@ct.picker.com> from Randall Hopper at "Dec 22, 97 07:22:06 am"
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Randall Hopper said: > John S. Dyson: > |You *might* want to try to do the audio with the AIO code (as long as you > |are not running SMP.) Oops!!! I haven't written manpages yet. For specs, > |refer to your trusty IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (POSIX.4). :-(. > > Got a URL where I can yank a PDF? :-) (Or is this one you have order and > shell out green stuff for.) > Sorry :-(. During the holidays, I hope to do alot of stuff for FreeBSD. > > Speaking of file systems, I've wondered about the LFS (log file system). > If I remember my reading correctly, the strategy of always appending to the > file system should let us eek out a bit more performance over a UFS due to > seek avoidance. > Disadvantage of LFS, is when it gets full, performance drops rapidly. > > I'm not sure if LFS is still broken or not. I'll check over the holidays > when I'm experimenting. But if you happen to have any info/pointers on LFS > too, it'd be appreciated. > LFS is in exceptionally bad shape. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.
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