Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:19:12 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Document huge memory/cache overhead of memory controller in Kconfig |
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Hi!
> >> I know this is a pedantic comment, but why the heck is it called such > >> a generic term as "Memory Controller" which doesn't give any > >> indication of what it does. > >> > >> Shouldn't it be something like "Memory Quota Controller", or "Memory > >> Limits Controller"? > > > >It's called the memory controller since it controls the amount of > >memory that a user can allocate (via limits). The generic term for > >any resource manager plugged into cgroups is a controller. > > For ordinary desktop people, memory controller is what developers > know as MMU or sometimes even some other mysterious piece of silicon > inside the heavy box.
Actually I'd guess 'memory controller' == 'DRAM controller' == part of northbridge that talks to DRAM. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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