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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:17:51 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Alex Bligh - linux-kernel wrote:
> --On Monday, 19 November, 2001 2:58 PM -0200 Rik van Riel
> <riel@conectiva.com.br> wrote:
>
> > Guess again.  Linux doesn't have load control implemented ...
>
> Out of interest, is received wisdom that this is a good/bad
> thing?

Load control is a good thing since it means the box
gets slower in a controlled way instead of running
fine one minute and horribly falling over the next
minute.

I'm certainly planning to implement some load control
measures for 2.5.

regards,

Rik
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