Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Mar 1998 18:09:56 +0100 (MET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Patch for block write clustering |
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On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Gadi Oxman wrote:
> Rik, note that IDE devices are not using a single request queue!
> In general, each major has its own request queue (IDE is using > a different major for each interface). In 2.1.x, each IDE drive > has its own request queue, even if it shares an interface with > another drive.
Does this mean that, IDE too, doesn't use the systemwide request queue anymore? How are the IDE requests reordered? (disk combing etc). Then, who _is_ still using the systemwide request queue, and what partition schemes are used on those disks.
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