On 23 Nov 2001, Andrew Ebling wrote: > > - respect application hints (madvice, fadvice) > > This is a bit of a "chicken and egg" situation; people won't rewrite > apps because the kernel doesn't implement it... kernel hackers don't see > any point in implementing it while apps generally don't use it. > > I say implement it ASAP! I think we might want to finish the full list of requirements first, so the implementation won't clash with another requirement. OK, here are a few more things: - ability to free up low memory pages in a highmem machine ==> more generalised for NUMA, the ability to move any (well most) page out of the way if required - swap over network, for diskless boxes regards, Rik -- DMCA, SSSCA, W3C? Who cares? http://thefreeworld.net/ http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ -- 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/
