From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:10:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:10:41 -0400 Received: from turnover.lancs.ac.uk ([148.88.17.220]:34294 "EHLO helium.chromatix.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:10:28 -0400 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010606143453.028ed400@ansa.hostings.com> In-Reply-To: <9fm4t7$412$1@penguin.transmeta.com> <3B1D5ADE.7FA50CD0@illusionary.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:08:31 +0100 To: android , torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) From: Jonathan Morton Subject: Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >I'd be happy to write a new routine in assembly I sincerely hope you're joking. It's the algorithm that needs fixing, not the implementation of that algorithm. Writing in assembler? Hope you're proficient at writing in x86, PPC, 68k, MIPS (several varieties), ARM, SPARC, and whatever other architectures we support these days. And you darn well better hope every other kernel hacker is as proficient as that, to be able to read it. IOW, no chance. -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. GCS$/E/S dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*)