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From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: nbuf in buffer cache
To: dfr@render.com (Doug Rabson)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 11:07:01 -0500 (EST)
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> 
> It would be nice if instead of marking the buffer for a later commit, the
> underlying pages could be marked instead.  This would be tricky to fit
> into the existing vnode system though.
> 
We can do that in the current vfs_bio, modulo some bugs.  I probably
won't get to it until the NEXT big release -- my 2.2/3.0 plate is so full,
that it is spilling over (mixed metaphor, I think :-)).

John