Re: [orca-list] speeding up orca by using ramdisks

[Luke Yelavich <luke yelavich canonical com>]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:27:39AM EDT, VojtÄch PolÃÅek wrote:
> Hello,
> I've got an idea. Maybe it is a stupid one, I don't know it is based
> only on my little knowledge and little googling.
> I know that in ubuntu there is possibility to place certain directories
> directly into ram through /dev/shm or maybe through tmpfs...
> Would it make some difference for orca, if being placed directly in ram?
> For example those loong delays when loading long list of files? Or when
> processing wep page?

This won't help Orca's performance. The vast majority of Orca's workload is CPu bound, usually working with 
at-spi to query objects in a webpage/in a window, so no amount of files stored in RAM will help speed up the 
object tree itteration process.

Luke