Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <3A8CF557.C6F36514@etr-usa.com> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 02:39:35 -0700 From: Warren Young Organization: -ENOENT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Followup on eliminating symlink ReadFile calls -- it's not necessary References: <20010214174608 DOT 17253 DOT qmail AT lizard DOT curl DOT com> <20010214161306 DOT D18567 AT redhat DOT com> <20010215000556 DOT 23697 DOT qmail AT lizard DOT curl DOT com> <3A8B35A8 DOT E8BEEA00 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <20010215135736 DOT 27689 DOT qmail AT lizard DOT curl DOT com> <3A8C32BC DOT 671471B7 AT etr-usa DOT com> <20010215172739 DOT D10277 AT redhat DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Christopher Faylor wrote: > > I don't agree that this is FAQ material. What is the FAQ? > > "How do I make my file lookups faster?" No, the FAQ is, "how can I increase performance". This would require an article-length answer, with all the possible tweaks and their disadvantages. "mount -x" is just one of the tweaks, and of course the answer would have to detail what you gain and what you give up by using it. > if for no other reason > than this *isn't* a frequently asked question. It's infrequent because most people just quietly tolerate Cygwin's performance hit. If they knew it was possible to increase its performance in certain circumstances, I think those same people would then quietly begin tuning their systems. > Updating the documentation, however, is the right way to go. Maybe we're disagreeing on location and form rather than content. -- _ = 'Net Address: http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent | / \ ASCII Ribbon = ICBM Address: 36.82740N, 108.02040W, alt. 1714m | \ / Campaign = | X Against = Chance favors the prepared mind. | / \ HTML Mail -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple