From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263980AbUGHQDJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:03:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264358AbUGHQDJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:03:09 -0400 Received: from kinesis.swishmail.com ([209.10.110.86]:51977 "EHLO kinesis.swishmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263980AbUGHQDG (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:03:06 -0400 Message-ID: <40ED759C.2010009@techsource.com> Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 12:26:04 -0400 From: Timothy Miller MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Con Kolivas CC: Andrew Morton , nigelenki@comcast.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Autoregulate swappiness & inactivation References: <40EC13C5.2000101@kolivas.org> <40EC1930.7010805@comcast.net> <40EC1B0A.8090802@kolivas.org> <20040707213822.2682790b.akpm@osdl.org> <20040708001027.7fed0bc4.akpm@osdl.org> <20040708010842.2064a706.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Con Kolivas wrote: > /me hides > > Umm sorry the control systems I look at are physiological and tend to be > exponential, so ignore me. No. I see no reason to disregard your understanding of biological control systems. Millions of years of evolution have fine-tuned some very complex and robust control feedback systems. While I wouldn't suggest that they're the only way to do the job, they're something that we should definately pay attention to. Frankly, I think the cross-pollination that you bring from your background in medicine can do nothing but help us.