Probly got stripped of the email somehow, somewhere ;) The patch is attached above...
att, victor loureiro lima 2007/1/9, Lucas Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Your patch appeared to get stripped from the mailing list. I would like to try your patch in MidnightBSD which is based on FreeBSD 6 if you'd be willing to email it to me. :) Luke On Jan 8, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Victor Loureiro Lima wrote: > I am forwarding this to -hackers, since I havent got any response from > the author ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in months ;/ Maybe someone in here > could take a few minutes and check this patch out and maybe commit it > to the source tree > > att, > victor loureiro lima > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Victor Loureiro Lima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 27/11/2006 15:19 > Subject: [patch] - random(6) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hello Sean, > > My name is Victor, I've sent you a patch which solved the "bug" in > which random(6) would > be way to slow to handle files that are greater than 10MB+, well, I am > re-sending you that > same patch with little modifications, do you think you could include > it in the src tree? > This patch also increases random(6) performance dramatically even > when working with small-to-medium file sizes, it should be a good > addition to the random(6) source tree, and > its also been extensivelly tested against all features of random(6) > and it scale really well with big files, for example: > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] yes | head -200000 > test > [EMAIL PROTECTED] time ./random -f test > /dev/null > 0.257u 0.015s 0:00.27 96.2% 11+14460k 0+0io 0pf+0w > [EMAIL PROTECTED] time random -f test > /dev/null > 187.366u 0.007s 3:07.39 99.9% 10+12945k 0+0io 0pf+0w > -- > > And this was on a Intel Core Duo 2 1.8ghz with 1GB of RAM, with one > process taking > less than a second to randomize it all, and the other taking 3 > minutes, I think its a good > patch to be applied on the source tree. > I also took the time to change the man page of random(6) to better > describe the changes, > basically removed the BUGS sections (since that bug is solved by the > patch) and included a new line on the HISTORY section describing my > contribution to the program :). > > Attached are the patches for randomize_fd.c and random.6, also a > little description of the changes made in randomize_fd.c is in the > readme file. > Hope you find that this is patch is commitable, I would appreciate to > have contributed to FreeBSD even if its just this little contribution > :) > > ciao, > victor loureiro lima > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" Lucas Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) FoolishGames.net (Enemy Territory site)
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