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Subject: Re: [9fans] FS 4th Ed
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From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
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Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:12:45 +0200
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Don't know if it is related, but:
When I set up my 3ed and/or 4ed file server printing to the console
was quite slow (typical example would be the 'help' command which
would be printed line by line) until I configured (and used?) an
external console (console=0 in plan9.ini). Made _big_ difference.

Axel.

> > > I seem to recall a small fix to the FS kernel to speed up return
> > > after command execution on the console.  Right now I'm watching a
> > >
> > > 	check pfile
> > >
> > > print a filename every 5 seconds, approximately.  I've been waiting
> > > since yesterday morning for it to complete :-(
> >
> >  ?
> >
> > Kenji
>
> Does that mean disbelief?  :-)  :-)
>
> I may well have an old kernel, but the symptoms are real.  Each
> command also takes a while to return to the prompt and discards any
> input until the prompt appears.
>
> ++L