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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.0] Fixed kernel stuff
From: Fernando Alencar =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mar=F3stica?= <famarost@unimep.br>
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> Since you are doing changes to the VM, I would like detail descriptions
> of what each change does, and why it is necessary, stability- or
> security-wise. I will not accept changes to the VM subsystem unless
> there is a valid reason; let the early v2.4-series be witness to why
> this is a good stance.
David, 

I've must install Linux on AMD386 DX40, HD Maxtor 160MB, 8MB RAM for 
this task i used kernel 2.0.39. 

When I compiled kernel 2.0.39, I noticed some `warnings` which I
corrected as mentioned previously.

Then I inspected the VM subsystem code, where found any stuff 
that could be cleanup and improved, such as: 


+#define clear_page(page)       memset((void *)(page), 0, PAGE_SIZE) 
+#define copy_page(to,from)     memcpy((void *)(to), (void *)(from),
PAGE_SIZE) 


> Speedups are generally not counted as a valid reason, unless we're
> talking a change in the order of a magnitude or more. Code cleanup
> might be a good reason, but then I'll merge it into the 2.0.41-tree
> instead; this will probably be the case for your lxdialog-fixes, since
> I'm cleaning up that code anyway for 2.0.41.
LOL!
The main reason this patch is cleanup and better code standartize. 
I think thats code cleanup is good reason too!

 
> Regards: David Weinehall
> -- 
>  /> David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> /> Northern lights wander      <\
> //  Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel   //  Dance across the winter sky //
> \>  http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/    </   Full colour fire           </
> 

Have fun! 

-- 
Fernando Alencar Mar?stica
Graduate Student, Computer Science
Linux Register User Id #281457

University Methodist of Piracicaba
Departament of Computer Science
home: http://www.unimep.br/~famarost

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