Re: [RFC] - Some notions that I would like comments on

Jeff Dike (jdike@karaya.com)
Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:49:05 -0300

> This is done already and automatically -- it's called readahead.

I did point this out on my web page.

Read ahead is good for small buffers, but performance-sensitive apps that deal
with lots of data are going to try to avoid small buffers.

Jeff

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