From: Werner Almesberger <Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch>
To: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux should better cope with power failure
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:07:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010320000738.E19635@almesberger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AB66233.B85881C7@bluewin.ch> <Pine.LNX.3.95.1010319150027.9639A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.1010319150027.9639A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>; from root@chaos.analogic.com on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:15:16PM -0500
Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Unix and other such variants have what's called a Virtual File System
> (VFS).
Correct, but hardly relevant here, except possibly that this enables you
to use a different, perhaps more resilient file system.
> The idea behind this is to keep as much recently-used file stuff
> in memory so that the system can be as fast as if you used a RAM disk
> instead of real physical (slow) hard disks.
Correct, but does not require VFS.
Nice try, though.
- Werner
--
_________________________________________________________________________
/ Werner Almesberger, ICA, EPFL, CH Werner.Almesberger@epfl.ch /
/_IN_N_032__Tel_+41_21_693_6621__Fax_+41_21_693_6610_____________________/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-19 23:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-19 19:46 Linux should better cope with power failure Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 19:59 ` Charles Cazabon
2001-03-19 20:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 20:51 ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 21:08 ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 21:35 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 21:59 ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 22:15 ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 15:14 ` Ben Ford
2001-03-19 23:07 ` Werner Almesberger [this message]
2001-03-19 20:19 ` William T Wilson
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-03-19 21:16 Torrey Hoffman
2001-03-19 22:28 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-19 23:05 ` Andre Hedrick
2001-03-19 22:11 Stephen Gutknecht (linux-kernel)
2001-03-19 22:39 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-20 21:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-03-19 22:35 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 23:12 ` John R Lenton
2001-03-23 15:28 David Balazic
2001-03-23 18:22 ` Gerhard Mack
2001-03-26 9:34 ` David Balazic
2001-03-23 19:29 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-23 22:41 ` David Ford
2001-03-24 8:44 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-24 9:47 ` David Ford
2001-03-24 10:28 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-26 10:22 ` David Balazic
2001-03-26 10:17 ` David Balazic
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20010320000738.E19635@almesberger.net \
--to=werner.almesberger@epfl.ch \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=root@chaos.analogic.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox