Re: [PATCH 0/5][RFC] Physical PCI slot objects

Matthew Wilcox
2007-11-14T15:12:34Z

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 04:08:01PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Whoever is proposing a feature has the burden to justify that
> its usefulness is larger than the overhead/cost it adds.
>
> Doesn't seem to be the case with this one so far.

Huh? There are half a dozen people who think it does, and half a dozen
people who think it doesn't. Fine, you're on the side which sees no use
for it.

> And in general ignoring overhead in new features is a pretty sad
> approach. Big bloat does come in small steps with each new feature.

A very generic argument which could be used to shoot down any new feature.

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