news@bungi.com.ogi.edu (05/17/91)
> > > Is anyone around here working on a fix for the file manager? Excuse my > > ignorance concerning Minix on the 532, I just received and installed the > > software on a PC (soon I will get around to mailing the disk to Bruce). > > I've noticed this "single threaded file system" produces terrible response > > time in a multiprogramming environment. Has anyone decided to attack this > > problem? If not, that may be my first task. > > This topic comes up frequently. While I am not working on an FS fix, > I have thought a lot about it and I even wrote a few paragraphs which > describe how I would like to see FS fixed. Sometime I would like to > implement my FS fix but if you find time to take a crack at it before > I do, by all means go for it! > > Bruce Culbertson > ---------------------------------------------------------------- [ Bruce's outline of a non-blocking FS deleted ] A long time ago I received the diffs for a threaded FS from: Andre' Luis Porto Castro <pede@cunhan.inf.ufrgs.anrs.br> Rua Santa Cecilia 2291 <pede@sbu.ufrgs.anrs.br> 90410 - Porto Alegre - RS BRAZIL The diffs where relative to Minix 1.1. The implementation is very straight forward and in many respects is quite similar to the approach outlined by Bruce. Also I should note that the implementation is written in a manner which results in amazingly little change to the stock FS. Well anyway, I did a very quick port to Minix 1.5h and it appears to run without a hitch (but I also have very little milage on it). My intention was to clean-up the port and then post it to the group. However, at the rate I am going this may take a very long time (too many irons in the fire). Therefore, if someone would sincerely like to finish / polish this package for general distribution, I would please to provide the ver 1.5h diffs. BTW, the implementation is sufficently general that the same approach could also be applied to other tasks such as device drivers and MM. Best regards, johnc -- John Connin: manatee Orlando, Florida UUCP: {uunet,ge-dab,ucf-cs}!tarpit!tous!manatee!johnc