Re: [announce] [patch] limiting IRQ load, irq-rewrite-2.4.11-B5

Ingo Molnar
2001-10-04T06:55:37Z

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Ben Greear wrote:

> > so far your appraoch is that of a shotgun i.e "let me fire in
> > that crowd and i'll hit my target but dont care if i take down a few
> > more"; regardless of how noble the reasoning is, it's as Linus described
> > it -- a sledge hammer.
>
> Aye, but by shooting this target and getting a few bystanders, you save
> everyone else... (And it's only a flesh wound!!)

especially considering that the current code nukes the whole city ;)

Ingo