* Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > 2) or we accept the fact that the application space is shifting to the > > meta-kernels - and then we should agressively optimize Linux for those > > meta-kernels and not pretend that they are 'specialized'. They literally > > represent tens of thousands of applications apiece. > > And if meta-kernels (or whatever you want to call a common or important > workload) see some speedup that is deemed to be worth the cost of the patch, > then it will probably get merged. Same as anything else. I call a 'meta kernel' something that people code thousands of apps for, instead of coding on the native kernel. JVM/DBs/Firefox are such frameworks. (you can call it middleware i guess) By all means they are not a 'single special-purpose workload' but represent literally tens of thousands of apps. Ingo -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>