From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Streaming disk I/O kills file buffering and makes Linux unusable
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:25:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-sound-93543017806245@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-sound-93541443318803@msgid-missing>
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Peter Monta wrote:
>
> > I think without some buffer-cache usage limiting, or buffering disabling,
> > Linux is actually UNSUITABLE for streaming applications which do run
> > concurrently with other apps.
>
> I agree; the raw-io system will make this much more pleasant.
Why do you think so?
IO is IO, whether it is raw or not. And it will eat up resources from
everybody else trying to do IO.
I think this is a case of believing in magic cures and supernatural
beings.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-08-23 17:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-23 13:20 Streaming disk I/O kills file buffering and makes Linux unusable Benno Senoner
1999-08-23 17:06 ` Peter Monta
1999-08-23 17:25 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
1999-08-23 17:42 ` Peter Monta
1999-08-23 18:06 ` Benno Senoner
1999-08-23 18:32 ` Alan Cox
1999-08-23 18:39 ` Chuck Lever
1999-08-23 19:25 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-08-23 20:20 ` Benno Senoner
1999-08-23 20:50 ` Benno Senoner
1999-08-23 20:51 ` Benno Senoner
1999-08-23 21:01 ` Andrea Arcangeli
1999-08-24 0:48 ` Dave Mielke
1999-08-24 7:37 ` Gerard Roudier
1999-08-24 7:56 ` Gerard Roudier
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