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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:04:23 +0100
From: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
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Subject: Re: another IDE cleanup: kill duplicated code
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Andrew Morton wrote:

>Martin Dalecki wrote:
>
>>>I suspect that if we remove these, we'll one day end up putting them back.
>>>It is appropriate that we be able to control readahead characteristics
>>>on a per-device and per-technology basis.
>>>
>>You are missing one simple thing: The removed values doen't control
>>ANYTHING!
>>
>
>The file_readahead setting works as expected and as desired.  Or at
>least it did a few weeks ago.
>
The few weeks ago thing matters. It doesn't any longer.


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