Re: VM

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 16 Oct 2001 01:57:41 +0000 (UTC)


In article <20011015211216.A1314@localhost>,
Patrick McFarland <unknown@panax.com> wrote:
>
>Why is the simple vm system still in place on the linus tree? I would
think the smart vm system in the ac tree would be better suited to ..
oh.. say .. everything.

"complex" != "smart".

The benchmarks I've seen says that the simple VM performs better - both
in terms of repeatability and in terms of absolute performance. Search
this list yourself if you don't believe me.

Linus
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