From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from atlas.CARNet.hr (zcalusic@atlas.CARNet.hr [161.53.123.163]) by kvack.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA23054 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:38:04 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] 498+ days uptime References: <199808262153.OAA13651@cesium.transmeta.com> <87ww7v73zg.fsf@atlas.CARNet.hr> <199808271207.OAA15842@hwal02.hyperwave.com> <87emu2zkc0.fsf@atlas.CARNet.hr> <199808271243.OAA28073@hwal02.hyperwave.com> <199808280909.LAA19060@hwal02.hyperwave.com> Reply-To: Zlatko.Calusic@CARNet.hr From: Zlatko Calusic Date: 28 Aug 1998 23:36:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: Bernhard Heidegger's message of "Fri, 28 Aug 1998 11:09:59 +0200 (MET DST)" Message-ID: <87soighjqa.fsf@atlas.CARNet.hr> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Bernhard Heidegger Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" , "H. Peter Anvin" , Linux Kernel List , Linux-MM List List-ID: Bernhard Heidegger writes: > >>>> Questions is why can't this functionality be integrated in the kernel, > >>>> so we don't have to run yet another daemon? > > >> We can do this in kernel thread but I don't see the win. > > I don't have a problem with the user level thing (so I can decide to not > start it ;-) > You can always tune things up to you preference, even with update functionality in the kernel. If you set flushing period to say 12 hours, it's effectively like you killed update. :) -- Posted by Zlatko Calusic E-mail: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Do vampires get AIDS? -- This is a majordomo managed list. To unsubscribe, send a message with the body 'unsubscribe linux-mm me@address' to: majordomo@kvack.org