Hi! > > On the other extreme, we could allow userspace to configure every > > timeout value, and other policy attributes. > > With regards to this specifically, in addition to the > other extremes you mentioned, we also have two different types of > systems. On one hand, we have open systems, with many different options, > and plenty of PCI and PCMCIA slots to keep adding new devices. while > on the other hand, we have closed systems such as cell phones and PDAs, > where the number of attached devices stays fairly constant. Notebooks and PDAs are not that different. Both are mostly closed with pcmcia/cf/sd slot... -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms
