From: jonb@specialix.co.uk (Jon Brawn) Subject: Re: Floppies (was Re: File system issues!) Date: 15 Jul 1992 12:08:13 GMT
dawill@hubcap.clemson.edu (david williams) writes:
> Anybody have an idea why MS-DOG is so slow in comparison with Linux
>if the floppy drivers for Linux are in such a sad state?
May be that defficient file system cache that everyone wants removed :-)
Or more likely the track buffer...
Or maybe the driver is just *efficient* and only *looks* like the dog's
breakfast...
Just because a piece of code looks a bit tatty, doesn't mean it's no good.
Conversely, beautifully laid out code doesn't always do the bizz either.
Just some philosophy for today.
-- Jon Brawn, Specialix International, jonb@specialix.co.uk ``Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing'' - von Braun