Subject: Re: kernel.org mirroring (Re: [GIT PULL] MMC update)

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:40:32 -0500

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>> This is quite nice and easy, if memory-only caching works for the 
>> situation:  http://www.danga.com/memcached/
>>
>> There are APIs for C, Perl, and plenty of other languages.
>>
> 
> Memory-only caching is kind of nasty.  Memory is a premium resource on 
> kernel.org.

hmmm.  Well, I have been wondering why nobody ever came up with a 
system-wide local (==disk) cache for remote and/or calculated objects. 
Maybe its time to do something about that.

I've been in a daemon-writing mood lately.

	Jeff