On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 05:42:17PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote: > > I don't think that it is solved, and I think the heuristics that are > > there would be put under more stress if they become widely used. And > > it isn't only about whether we can get the page or not, but also about > > the cost. Look up Linus's arguments about page colouring, which are > > similar and I also think are pretty valid. > > Perhaps broader exposure would help demonstrate their efficacy, or > otherwise discover what deficits need to be addressed.
It would help if developers would once in a while look at how other operating systems handle this. They have supported such features for a long time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
