* drepper@xxxxxxxxx <drepper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 09:13, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The suckage of kernel async IO is for similar reasons: there's an ugly > > package separation problem between the kernel and between glibc > > Bollocks. glibc would use (and is using) everything the kernel provides. I didnt say it's glibc's fault - if then it's more of the kernel's fault as most of the complexity is on that side. I said it's due to the fundamental distance between the app that makes use of it, the library and the kernel, and the resulting difficulties in getting a combined solution out. None of the parties really feels it to be their own thing. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html