linux-kernel - Re: [patch] rfc: introduce /dev/hugetlb

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Message-ID: <20070324065752.GA13810@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:57:52 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Nish Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@...il.com>,
	Ken Chen <kenchen@...gle.com>, Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] rfc: introduce /dev/hugetlb

> 
> But for non-programming reasons, we're just not there yet: people want to
> program direct to the kernel interfaces simply because of the
> distribution/coordination problems with libraries.  It would be nice to fix
> that problem.

What is then needed to get a small subset of user-space in the kernel-development cycle?
Maybe a topic worth to take up at LKS...

The build system is anyway ready but that the smallest issue of all :-(

	Sam
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