Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: modules_install? | Date | Thu, 07 Sep 2000 22:23:13 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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mberglund <matt@realestatesafari.com> said: > On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Horst von Brand wrote: > > > range.) What's the point in making processors faster if everyone just > > > wastes the increase being "correct and simple"?
> > Because people-time is much more expensive than computer-time this days? > > [BTW, shaving off a few miliseconds in loading a module is _not_ > > optimization, it is foolishness]
> I would argue that any speed increase is good for us all, so long as the > cost to functionality and time spent with the increase is not > disproportionate. Foolishness might be a little harsh, eh?
Come on, I call modprobe(8) possibly once in a few days when running my machines. A few milliseconds less I can't even notice. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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