Re: Kernel SCM saga..

Matthias-Christian Ott
2005-04-08T19:45:44Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:

>On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote:
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>>But as mentioned you need to _open_ each file (It doesn't matter if it's
>>cached (this speeds up only reading it) -- you need a _slow_ system call
>>and _very slow_ hardware access anyway).
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>Nope. System calls aren't slow. What crappy OS are you running?
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But they're slower because there're some instances checking them.

>>I hope my idea/opinion is clear now.
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>Numbers talk. I've got something that you can test ;)
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This doesn't mean it's better just because you had the time develope it
;). But anyhow the folk needs something, they can test to see if it's
good or not, most don't believe in concepts.

> Linus
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We will see which solutions wins the "race". But I think you're
solutions will "win", because you're Linus Torvalds -- the "Boss" of
Linux and have to work with this system very day (usualy people are
using what they have developed :)) -- and I have not the time develop a
database based solution (maybe someone else is interested in developing it).

Matthias-Christian