| To: | Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [announce] [patch] limiting IRQ load, irq-rewrite-2.4.11-B5 |
| From: | Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:52:20 +0200 (CEST) |
| Cc: | jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Simon Kirby <sim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| In-reply-to: | <3BBC06A1.1818E45C@candelatech.com> |
| Reply-to: | <mingo@xxxxxxx> |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Ben Greear wrote:
> > so far your appraoch is that of a shotgun i.e "let me fire in
> > that crowd and i'll hit my target but dont care if i take down a few
> > more"; regardless of how noble the reasoning is, it's as Linus described
> > it -- a sledge hammer.
>
> Aye, but by shooting this target and getting a few bystanders, you save
> everyone else... (And it's only a flesh wound!!)
especially considering that the current code nukes the whole city ;)
Ingo
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