Re: log-buf-len dynamic

[Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:31:05PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Larry McVoy wrote:
> 
> > Yeah.  I'm using the Linux VM.  And it _still_ isn't up to what I managed
> > to accomplish in SunOS.  Wake up, dude.  You aren't the first one to
> > work in this area, you are just one of the first to work in this area
> > without learning from the people who came before you.  Don't believe me?
> > Go to OLS and read the papers.  Then read the OS research that has
> > happened in the last 20 years or so.  So far you are still catching up.
> 
> Bad example ;)
> 
> While it is true that the Linux VM doesn't do a whole
> lot of the things a VM should do, there is also the
> fact that the VM problem space has gotten a lot harder
> over the last decade due to the fact that the size of
> disk and memory has grown way faster than the speed of
> disk and memory.

Oh, I agree.  The problem space changes and you have to move with it.  
I was just pointing out that by not learning from others you put yourself
at a disadvantage.  There are a lot of bright minds in the Linux space,
there is no question of that.  But they would do so much better if they
understood the past.  The past holds a lot of information, ignoring it
is a disadvantage.
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Larry McVoy              lm at bitmover.com          http://www.bitmover.com/lm