Re: What are the VM motivations??

From: watermodem <aquamodem@ameritech.net>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: Jason McMullan <jmcmullan@linuxcare.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What are the VM motivations??
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 15:23:56 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B34FADC.E73ACFC6@ameritech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0106212122190.4442-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>

Rik van Riel wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Jason McMullan wrote:
> 
> >       Or heck, let's just make the VM a _real_ Neural Network,
> > that self trains itself to the load you put on the system.
> > Hideously complex and evil?
> 
> Considering the amount of parameters the neural network
> would have to tune, and the fact that there are no easy
> parameters to tune, good luck...
> 

Would never work with the ac-series.  Not enough time
to form a neural pattern between builds.  There is
a semi-prior art here.  Unix on the Tandem (now Compaq) 
Helix shipped (and maybe still does) with a Neural Net
for system sanity and tuning.  Only problem is that 
the learning period usually exceeds the average time
between installing releases (communications customers).  
8^)

Now if it was a FAST LEARNER...

> > the floor, eating that stale cheese doodle. It can't do any
> > worse job on VM that some of the VM patches I've seen...
> 
> You'd be surprised.
> 
> Rik
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