Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:40:51 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] CART - an advanced page replacement policy |
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Peter Zijlstra wrote: > Multiple memory zone CART implementation for Linux. > An advanced page replacement policy. > > http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/dmodha/clockfast.pdf > (IBM does hold patent rights to the base algorithm ARC)
Peter, this is a large patch, perhaps you could describe what configs benefit, how much, and what the right to use status of the patent might be. In other words, why would a reader of LKML put in this patch and try it?
The description of how it works is clear, but the problem solved isn't.
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