Re: optimal file order for reading from disk

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Nikita Danilov wrote:

> You should call fibmap ioctl on all files, to obtain lists of block
> numbers used by them, and then sort file list to minimize seeks.

hey that's a cool hack...

looking at FIBMAP i see it uses an int to store the block number... any 
plans for a FIBMAP64 api?

-dean
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