On November 23, 2001 02:07 pm, Andrew Ebling wrote: > > <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". Yep, jumping the gun. You want to start a separate thread to discuss implementation ideas. On the other hand, an implementation note that affects a requirement could be written in as a note to the requirement. > > <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. -- Daniel -- 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/
