> > BUT... opening files in /proc sometimes up to 3 times a second does not
> > wear well for the system CPU load. A kernel feature would work immensely
> > better.
>
> I appear to be able to open files in /proc a good 50 times a second before
> its noticed even slightly on the load average
>
You have to remember you have open, read, possibly seek, and close, 3 to
5 times per second. meter-0.2 or Portato code in the kernel would add 8k
at the very most, as well as better interactive time, especially on
smaller 386 systems.
We have to think of the humble 386SX16 users too... I have a P5, but a
386, too. Portato makes the system load go up noticeably. Not to 2.0 or
anything, but noticeably.
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