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[directfd] Add semi-track caching to DF driver#2083

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@ghaerr ghaerr commented Oct 20, 2024

DF driver now supports no caching (CONFIG_TRACK_CACHE=n), full-track caching (FULL_TRACK=1, starts w/sector 1) and semi-track (FULL_TRACK=0, starts w/requested sector). These differing options have been added to permit future performance testing discussed in Mellvik/TLVC#88.

Considering adding fixed-size cache buffer caching, but need more testing as discussed above. Also probably need to turn off caching altogether for fast (386+ systems) as discussed.

Tested on QEMU w/IODELAY emulation.

@ghaerr ghaerr merged commit eddf88b into master Oct 21, 2024
@ghaerr ghaerr deleted the df3 branch October 21, 2024 00:38
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