From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LgLpQ-0008RF-Ep for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:26:16 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgLpO-0008PH-7h for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:26:14 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgLpM-0008Ne-87 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:26:13 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43599 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgLpL-0008NP-VM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:26:12 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.155]:19669) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgLpL-0002o9-Gh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:26:11 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so727344fgb.30 for ; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:26:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=kWkJo4Wb82ULWxHAVfDCZPXls0S3klAAfNuhq6Uebmc=; b=Z18ERPlU9WboiWiUio/smymXzplgFsFYTDFvbr8ztinQXMUwG3Cwp0h+ZZ2j3kf6KT rdjp95E6A9rg1ZtcxcmT/K8gaoIaS0USDguPwdS140sDbJpVc84FPu2MHvrqMCd9pfSX a+4AIjEtWkIDXYWPtqsq5UT28b9xY+qQ7DcQo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=d2YcQC6spn8GgJ5VcMQq9WY+s3WhFMMz61667FjhHVeb8yJZHg5chvSyDMDR9JbH5h J2hlpUnqbgb3XYOiR7IOU3g/JhNqeeUU0uuhZxJcdm4lCCCBXT7+UQT5EiwK3CCvt1dv LFmtLy+Bf7cC5NHWiiCkL5l5a8X3Byb3GOdvY= Received: by 10.86.51.10 with SMTP id y10mr3376720fgy.9.1236529570274; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:26:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.25? (232-156.62-81.cust.bluewin.ch [81.62.156.232]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e11sm2381928fga.50.2009.03.08.09.26.08 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:26:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49B3F19F.2010103@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:26:07 +0100 From: phcoder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <49B2FB1A.9040208@gmail.com> <49B3C96B.1050208@nic.fi> In-Reply-To: <49B3C96B.1050208@nic.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: [PATCH] dynamic cache allocation X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:26:14 -0000 Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote: > phcoder wrote: >> Hello. Discussing with Robert Millan and Bean on IRC we noticed that >> disk cache index is statically allocated. Here is a proposal to change >> it to dynamic allocation proportional to the size of available memory. > > And the gain is ? Faster booting if extensive directory scanning is needed to load OS (applies to xnu) > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel -- Regards Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko