Re: Ext2fs speed ups

Mark R. Devlin (devlin@usa.net)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:56:31 -0700

On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 01:10:42AM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
>In article <cistron.f7bbca72.24ec8f3e@aol.com>, <Smc659@aol.com> wrote:
>>Anyone have any ways to speed up ext2fs, especially the checking? Sometimes
>>working on beta kernels forces lockups and I dont get to unmount properly...
>
>Enable magic sysrq support (under "kernel hacking" in the config). It
>enables you to forcibly unmount filesystems and reboot cleanly when
>your system hangs. Yesterday I even posted a patch to do this through
>a serial console.

Would this be a practical (ie: cheap 'n not-too-difficult) project:
Build a device (with driver, of course) with a numeric keypad that plugs
into a serial/parallel/game/PS2/whatever port. You could configure the
keys to send whatever "real" key combination a normal keyboard could do.
Ie: '1' is SysReq-s (sync), '2' is SysReq-u, '3' is SysReq-b (or, as a
alternative to Ctrl-Alt-Delete, press 1-2-3 to reboot)

Since I don't know how to do what I'm suggesting, I'm probably not
explaining it very well, but it's a start. :-)

-- 
-Mark
devlin@usa.net


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