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On 30 Jun 1999, Bill Gribble wrote: > It seems that venus and/or the Linux kernel-venus interface can't deal > with files bigger than its cache, returning an ENOSPC (or so I presume > from the error message) on an attempt to open one. > > I guess this means that the cache works on a per-file basis rather > than a per-page basis, and gives up if a file is bigger than can fit > in the cache. Is this widely considered a bug or a feature? "It's a feature not a bug" ;) As for caching on a per-page basis, how do you deal with interoperability between machines with different page sizes (x86 vs Alpha). However, someone adding X kilobyte block caching support would be a nice project for someone ;) > > (server/client v. 5.2.4, Linux kernel 2.2.10, venus/kernel module > 5.2.3) > > Thanks, > Bill Gribble > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Troy Benjegerdes | troy_at_microux.com | hozer_at_drgw.net | | Unix is user friendly... You just have to be friendly to it first. | | This message composed with 100% free software. http://www.gnu.org | --------------------------------------------------------------------------Received on 1999-06-30 21:56:32