From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 4 20:21:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA03443 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:21:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA03434 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:21:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA18891; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:20:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:20:39 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199812050420.UAA18891@apollo.backplane.com> To: Kevin Day Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nonblocking page fetching References: <199812042028.OAA25409@home.dragondata.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :I tried this initially, and had a few problems: : :... :the amount varies considerably from movie to movie. I need something tunable :on the fly. (N changes with use) : :... :It's not so much bandwidth, but latency. My movie's bandwidth is much less :than the disk bandwidth, i just can never stop to wait for things to be :brought in. : :Kevin : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message Well, I guess for your application the easiest thing to do is to simply use your second-process idea, accessing the pages ahead of time to force them into the cache. I getting carried away :-) -Matt Matthew Dillon Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet Communications & God knows what else. (Please include original email in any response) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message