> <riel> well, I have 2 more points for the VM requirements > <riel> - graceful degradation under load I know thinking about the implementation is jumping the gun, but the compressed disk/swap cache concept seems likes a good way of approaching this. I believe the time has come has come to throw more CPU cycles at getting VM "right". > <riel> - fast streaming IO Sane streaming IO would be a good start! i.e. sensible VM/cache usage for apps displaying a sequential access pattern... xmms, e2fsck etc. Andy -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
