Re: another IDE cleanup: kill duplicated code

Martin Dalecki
2002-02-14T10:05:25Z

Andrew Morton wrote:

>Martin Dalecki wrote:
>
>>>I suspect that if we remove these, we'll one day end up putting them back.
>>>It is appropriate that we be able to control readahead characteristics
>>>on a per-device and per-technology basis.
>>>
>>You are missing one simple thing: The removed values doen't control
>>ANYTHING!
>>
>
>The file_readahead setting works as expected and as desired. Or at
>least it did a few weeks ago.
>
The few weeks ago thing matters. It doesn't any longer.