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    SubjectRe: log-buf-len dynamic
    On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:31:05PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
    > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Larry McVoy wrote:
    >
    > > Yeah. I'm using the Linux VM. And it _still_ isn't up to what I managed
    > > to accomplish in SunOS. Wake up, dude. You aren't the first one to
    > > work in this area, you are just one of the first to work in this area
    > > without learning from the people who came before you. Don't believe me?
    > > Go to OLS and read the papers. Then read the OS research that has
    > > happened in the last 20 years or so. So far you are still catching up.
    >
    > Bad example ;)
    >
    > While it is true that the Linux VM doesn't do a whole
    > lot of the things a VM should do, there is also the
    > fact that the VM problem space has gotten a lot harder
    > over the last decade due to the fact that the size of
    > disk and memory has grown way faster than the speed of
    > disk and memory.

    Oh, I agree. The problem space changes and you have to move with it.
    I was just pointing out that by not learning from others you put yourself
    at a disadvantage. There are a lot of bright minds in the Linux space,
    there is no question of that. But they would do so much better if they
    understood the past. The past holds a lot of information, ignoring it
    is a disadvantage.
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    Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm
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