Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 20 Jul 1998 15:15:18 +0300 (EEST) | | From | Samuli Kaski <> | | Subject | Re: Memory Rusting Effect [re: Linux hostile to poverty] |
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> Linus Torvalds wrote: > > At this point, ask ourselves.. is the role of Linux still in the rusty old PCs > inthe backroom? Or has the OS gained enough momentum and respect to start > to be commonly used in brand new, high end hardware. This is very relatedto how > much the bar should be raised.
Could it still be possible to deliver the Linux kernel for completely different needs? Eg. drop new performance tweaks and algorithms that have bad impact on the whole system performance? Example: if user A needs 2.2 because of it's new routing capabilities but has to run it in a sluggish 4 MB configuration, user A could do so by leaving out dcache and other memory-hogging features that have been developed to bring up performance on the high-end.
I am aware that it isn't possible to write as performing code that can simply be left out of the kernel then it is to write tightly coupled core functionality but would it be worth it?
[ Flame me personally, not on the list if you think this is the stupidest suggestion ever. ]
-- Samuli Kaski, samkaski@cs.helsinki.fi Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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