Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261413AbTIXDqF (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:46:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261434AbTIXDqF (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:46:05 -0400 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:32163 "EHLO velociraptor.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261413AbTIXDqC (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:46:02 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 05:46:12 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Larry McVoy , Larry McVoy , andrea@kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List , Matthew Wilcox , Marcelo Tosatti Subject: Re: log-buf-len dynamic Message-ID: <20030924034612.GQ16314@velociraptor.random> References: <20030923221528.GP1269@velociraptor.random> <20030924003652.GI16314@velociraptor.random> <20030924011951.GA5615@work.bitmover.com> <20030924020409.GL16314@velociraptor.random> <20030924022948.GA6496@work.bitmover.com> <20030924023928.GN16314@velociraptor.random> <20030924031602.GA7887@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030924031602.GA7887@work.bitmover.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/68B9CB43 13D9 8355 295F 4823 7C49 C012 DFA1 686E 68B9 CB43 X-PGP-Key: 1024R/CB4660B9 CC A0 71 81 F4 A0 63 AC C0 4B 81 1D 8C 15 C8 E5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1337 Lines: 27 On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 08:16:02PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > Yeah. I'm using the Linux VM. And it _still_ isn't up to what I managed > to accomplish in SunOS. Wake up, dude. You aren't the first one to if this would be really true, then why do you use linux then? I don't understand. I've to exclude the reason is that it's free and open. I heard arguments like yours for years and years from tons of different people, 7 years ago I heard the very same again and again about linux at large compared to other operative systems (way before I was using linux myself). Personally I don't believe you. I'm not saying the vm is too complex, but it's heavily dominatd by details, it's simply not possible to unique describe the vm in terms of algorithms like most parers do, and I believe what we have in linux (mainline 2.4.23pre5 and 2.6 [modulo rmap]) is very optimal. Andrea - If you prefer relying on open source software, check these links: rsync.kernel.org::pub/scm/linux/kernel/bkcvs/linux-2.[45]/ http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/ svn://svn.kernel.org/linux-2.[46]/trunk - 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/