From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Dec 22 04:31:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA20626 for multimedia-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 04:31:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA20621 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 04:31:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA01467; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 07:31:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199712221231.HAA01467@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: These mtv video pauses are murder In-Reply-To: <19971222072206.45282@ct.picker.com> from Randall Hopper at "Dec 22, 97 07:22:06 am" To: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 07:31:47 -0500 (EST) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.