Re: NODIRATIME...great work!
Richard Gooch (Richard.Gooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:45:52 +1000
Shawn Leas writes:
>
> On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> > Shawn Leas writes:
> > > On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > >
> > > > mlord@pobox.com writes:
> > > > > Perry Harrington wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > .... glories of NODIRATIME ...
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks, this was actually more noticable than the noatime patch.
> > > > >
> > > > > I missed the start of this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Did you patch the kernel, or is there a version of mount(8)
> > > > > that supports "-o nodiratime" ??
> > > >
> > > > Recent 2.1.x kernels have the MS_NODIRATIME kernel patch. mount-2.7k
> > > > has the "nodiratime" mount(8) patch.
> > >
> > > I have mount 2.7l, and that does not allow nodiratime. Where might I find
> > > that patch, or a copy of 2.7k?
> >
> > Add the following line to mount_constants.h for mount-2.7k:
> > #define MS_NODIRATIME 2048 /* Do not update directory access times */
>
> Thank you, i guess i had no insight into why the gaush darn thing wasn't
> working.
>
> mount 2.7l works ok with this line added. Why is it now included by
> default?
Oversight.
Regards,
Richard....
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