Re: NO_ATIME Patch

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:44:53 -0500 (EST)


It's a mount option, no patch required. Just have a recent version of
mount compiled on a box with a recent kernel.

On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, david leigh wrote:

> Hi All
>
> This is my first post to the list. If its a post that should be at another
> place just tell me and I'll leave quietly...
>
> I have been trying to configure a machine optimised to run as a squid cache.
> I've used Michael O'Reilly's FileHandle patch (which I think is working OK -
> I'm still not sure which refernce is to the filedescriptor maximum - there
> are options for maximum number of files per process and maximum number of
> processes - I've got both set at 3092 - any higher and the kernel that
> results won't boot. I've also altered the resulting limits.h file in
> /usr/include/linux to set the file_max option there to 3092) and the
> configure script will run without complaining about anything.
>
> Now I want to set the cache drives to use a NO_ATIME option. I found a patch
> looking through dejanews but it didn't take. Can anyone let me know if the
> 2.0.36 kernel allows you to set a NO_ATIME option, or if I need a patch, and
> if I do need a patch wehre it can be found?
>
> Cheers
> David Leigh
>
>
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