new page cache for linux

2002-02-11 Thread Nero
Just thought I'd bring your attention to the new "radix tree page cache" in use by linux - I dont know what freebsd do at the moment, but it looks like it will improve scalability (you guys might want to use the idea). Anyway, heres the link: http://lwn.net/2002/0207/kernel.php3 -- It's not real

new page cache for linux

2002-02-07 Thread Nero
Just thought I'd bring your attention to the new "radix tree page cache" in use by linux - I dont know what freebsd do at the moment, but it looks like it will improve scalability (you guys might want to use the idea). Anyway, heres the link: http://lwn.net/2002/0207/kernel.php3 -- It's not real

Adaptec 3950U2B Ver 2.11.0

1999-04-01 Thread Andrew N. Edmond (Nero)
Our hardware vendor, in an effort to save us PCI slot space, fitted us with a new 3950U2B instead of the old 3940 (no longer in production!) cards we were used to. All documents on FreeBSD.org say that FreeBSD 3.1 supports this card. However, /stand/sysinstall refuses to see it when I try to moun