Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 15:24:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 15:24:11 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:15744 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 15:24:10 -0500 Subject: Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call From: Alan Cox To: Xavier Bestel Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1046031687.2140.32.camel@bip.localdomain.fake> References:

<20030223082036.GI10411@holomorphy.com> <1046031687.2140.32.camel@bip.localdomain.fake> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1046036113.1670.19.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-4) Date: 23 Feb 2003 21:35:13 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 729 Lines: 16 On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 20:21, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > they load faster too (which is important - you can make your CPU have > > big caches, but _nothing_ saves you from the cold-cache costs). > > Next step: hardware gzip ? gzip doesn't work because its not unpackable from an arbitary point. x86 in many ways is compressed, with common codes carefully bitpacked. A horrible cisc design constraint for size has come full circle and turned into a very nice memory/cache optimisation - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/