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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig
    Hi!

    > >> I know this is a pedantic comment, but why the heck is it called such
    > >> a generic term as "Memory Controller" which doesn't give any
    > >> indication of what it does.
    > >>
    > >> Shouldn't it be something like "Memory Quota Controller", or "Memory
    > >> Limits Controller"?
    > >
    > >It's called the memory controller since it controls the amount of
    > >memory that a user can allocate (via limits). The generic term for
    > >any resource manager plugged into cgroups is a controller.
    >
    > For ordinary desktop people, memory controller is what developers
    > know as MMU or sometimes even some other mysterious piece of silicon
    > inside the heavy box.

    Actually I'd guess 'memory controller' == 'DRAM controller' == part of
    northbridge that talks to DRAM.
    Pavel
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