Re: /proc/sys/vm/(max|min)-readahead effect????

From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (roy@karlsbakk.net)
Date: Wed Dec 05 2001 - 13:27:07 EST

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> I suspect the per-device readahead for IDE is limiting the
> effect of vm_max_readahead ...

hm...

any way to avoid this? I mean... The readahead in vm is layered above the
actual device, and should therefore not be limited... Am I right? You
could do several device calls, and fake readahead, and probably get pretty
much out of it.

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