Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin

Alan Cox
2002-01-31T11:41:35Z

> No you are wrong. This array is supposed to provide a readahead setting
> on the driver level, which is bogous, since
> it's something that *should* not be exposed to the upper layers at all.

Right.

> we have already max_readahead in struut block_device as well. Please
> note that this array only has

Ok. Now I look at it again yes - the array is completely surplus to current
requirements. 2.5 nicely sorts out the queues