Re: Kernel SCM saga..

Linus Torvalds
2005-04-08T19:30:22Z

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote:
>
> 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).

Nope. System calls aren't slow. What crappy OS are you running?

> I hope my idea/opinion is clear now.

Numbers talk. I've got something that you can test ;)

Linus