On 20/01/21 19:59, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > I can understand the kernel > maintainers not being enthusiastic about the existing code. But that > dates from, I believe, the 1990s, when RAM was measured in megabytes, and > processor speeds in megahertz. Optimisation for speed and store usage > just isn't important any more.
I thin you're being highly optimistic. Bear in mind that this is the code that was responsible for Alan Cox ceasing linux development, it's such a pile of steaming manure ... Don't ask me why it is, but I think it's got so much stuff wrong with it that the entire system is marked "beware here be dragons". https://lwn.net/Articles/842415/ Take a read, as it's mentioned in this article. Cheers, Wol
