>>>>> "Zwane" == Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz> writes: Zwane> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Chris Wright wrote: >> another thing that would be cool would be fs learning. instead of using >> some generic defragmenting algorithm, perhaps having it reorganize the hd >> so that frequent files are near the center, and frequently changing files >> (source) are left with some space to grow, would generally help overall in >> access times. Zwane> OMG you just described that Windows98 *thing* which runs from the Zwane> (userland) task scheduler and keeps track of which apps you run/open the Zwane> most, and does the appropriate reorganising when you defrag. Since when application startup times has any significance to the performance of any computer system :) -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
