Re: Slow DOWN, please!!!
[Posted May 6, 2008 by corbet]
| From: |
| Andrew Morton <akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org> |
| To: |
| Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org> |
| Subject: |
| Re: Slow DOWN, please!!! |
| Date: |
| Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:31:49 -0700 |
| Message-ID: |
| <20080430183149.78d97597.akpm@linux-foundation.org> |
| Cc: |
| "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw-AT-sisk.pl>, Willy Tarreau <w-AT-1wt.eu>,
David Miller <davem-AT-davemloft.net>,
linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby-AT-gmail.com> |
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:19:56 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> You (and Andrew) have tried to argue that slowing things down results in
> better quality,
eh? I argued the opposite: that increasing quality will as a side-effect
slow things down.
If we simply throttled things, people would spend more time watching the
shopping channel while merging smaller amounts of the same old crap.
