DragonFly kernel List (threaded) for 2003-09
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Re: Ridiculous idea: Cache as ramdisk?
J. Kanowitz wrote:
> I'm thinking of wherever writes get buffered before a softupdates
> commit. Obviously it'd suck to run completely OOM for careless use
> of the 'RAM disk,' MFS does a good job anyway, and I barely know what
> I'm talking about... But maybe the perspective can be good inspiration
> for someone even if the idea itself might belong in the dustbin.
I recall seeing a nice writeup somewhere, where someone described how to set
up a ramdisk for /usr/obj, and therefore speeding the make buildworld
process way, way up.
Here's a link, though I don't think it's the same one I recall reading.
http://bsdvault.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=53
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