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From: mjr@laulujoutsen.pc.helsinki.fi (Mikko Rauhala)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: User-space file systems.
Date: 20 Feb 1997 20:58:16 GMT
Organization: Helsingin Yliopisto
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On 16 Feb 1997 00:48:10 GMT, Peter da Silva <peter@nmti.com> wrote:
>If it does in fact limit buffer sizes to 1k, then that is *easily* enought
>of a handicap to explain its poor behaviour.

Doesn't limit, but defaults. Could be better anyway.

There are patches for Linux user mode filesystems, btw.

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