On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 02:21:35PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The number of directory entries in /usr/lib should not make any > > difference to a modern GNU linker on a modern filesystem, unless > > you have thousands or millions of them. > > Why? Is there magic now?
What magic do you need? Most filesystems can open a file without doing an O(n) lookup, especially from the dentry cache. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
