Re: RFC: design for new VM

Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@MIT.EDU)
Sat, 5 Aug 2000 18:48:27 -0400


Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:01:56 -0300 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>

You're right, the differences between FreeBSD VM and the new
Linux VM should be clearly indicated.

> I ask this because the FreeBSD VM works _very_ well compared to
> recent linux kernels; if/when the new system is implement it
> would nice to know if performance differences are tuning related
> or because of 'tweaks'.

Indeed. The amount of documentation (books? nah..) on VM
is so sparse that it would be good to have both systems
properly documented. That would fill a void in CS theory
and documentation that was painfully there while I was
trying to find useful information to help with the design
of the new Linux VM...

... and you know, once written, it would make a *wonderful* paper to
present at Freenix or for ALS.... (speaking as someone who has been on
program committees for both conferences :-)

- Ted

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