Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Re: Updated disc cache summary

In article <20150408104544.GG18724@kyllikki.org>,
Vincent Sanders <vince@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
> Just to summarise the outcome of all the observations on the improved
> disc cache.

> The improvements make the cache viable on many more supported systems,
> including more RISC OS systems.

> On PC with modern OS it made no great improvement as their OS could
> already cope with the directory layout and had a plentiful write speed
> already.

> No test I ran on PC saw the write rate, before or after the changes,
> drop below 30 megabytes a second. Although the updated cache does use
> less processor time to achieve its results.

> On RISC OS the benefit is stark and very clear. Most tests show a five
> fold or more improvement in write performace using the new code and
> many fewer directories created.
<Big snip>

So given all this, on my RiscPC Strong ARMv4 Adjust 4.39 with Unipod, to what
should I set the Cache parameters in Netsurf Choices?

Will the cache automaticaly be made in
IDEFS::h-4.$.!Boot.Choices.Users.Single.WWW.NetSurf

Regards,

--
Chris

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