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List:       kde-optimize
Subject:    Re: Yet more "preloading"
From:       Andrew Morton <akpm () osdl ! org>
Date:       2004-03-18 17:14:32
Message-ID: 20040318091432.1ddef43b.akpm () osdl ! org
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Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org> wrote:
>
> i'm not sure i like the "statistical auto-configuration" for kdm you
>  described.
>  however, this gave me an Absolutely Brilliant Idea (TM): this whole
>  problem could/should be solved in a generic way with kernel support: the
>  kernel only needs to create a file access log of the boot process. on
>  subsequent boots, preloading would be initiated based on this data. of
>  course things become fun at the point the boot process branches
>  (different sessions are choosen); this could be either auto-detected
>  with "life analysis" of the current boot process, or by hinting from
>  user space (hello ?dm) - the latter sounds less like a hack, but
>  requires support in many programs.
>  does this sound like a plan? andrew?

I wrote a thingy to do that once.  It is described in the discussion at
http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/2157, which is worth a read.

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