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>I/O Performance HOWTO</TITLE
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+
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TITLE="Distribution Policy"
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><H1
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CLASS="title"
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NAME="AEN2">I/O Performance HOWTO</H1
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CLASS="author"
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NAME="AEN4"
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>Sharon Snider</A
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><P
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CLASS="pubdate"
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>v1.1, 05/2002<BR></P
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>Revision History</B
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>Revision v1.1</TD
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>2002-05-01</TD
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>Revised by: sds</TD
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>Updated technical information and links.</TD
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>Revision v1.0</TD
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>2002-04-01</TD
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>Revised by: sds</TD
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>Wrote and converted to DocBook XML.</TD
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NAME="AEN13"><P
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>This HOWTO covers information on available patches for the 2.4 kernel that can improve the I/O performance of your Linux™ operating system. </P
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><HR></DIV
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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HREF="x26.html"
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>Distribution Policy</A
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>2. <A
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HREF="introduction.html"
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>Introduction</A
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><DT
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>3. <A
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HREF="overview.html"
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>Avoiding Bounce Buffers</A
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><DD
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>3.1. <A
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HREF="overview.html#AEN40"
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>Memory and Addressing in the Linux 2.4 Kernel</A
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>3.2. <A
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HREF="overview.html#AEN44"
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>The Problem with Bounce Buffers</A
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><DT
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>3.3. <A
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HREF="overview.html#config"
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>Locating the Patch</A
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><DT
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>3.4. <A
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HREF="overview.html#AEN85"
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>Modifying Your Device Driver to Avoid Bounce Buffers</A
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><DT
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>4. <A
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HREF="x159.html"
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>Raw I/O Variable-Size Optimization Patch</A
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HREF="x159.html#AEN164"
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>Locating the Patch</A
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>4.2. <A
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HREF="x159.html#AEN180"
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>Modifying Your Driver for the Raw I/O Variable-Size Optimization Patch</A
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><DT
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>5. <A
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>I/O Request Lock Patch</A
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HREF="x191.html#AEN197"
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>Locating the Patch</A
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>5.2. <A
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HREF="x191.html#AEN205"
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>Modifying Your Driver for the I/O Request Lock Patch</A
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>6. <A
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>Additional Resources</A
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