On 6/6/08, Jordi Beltran Creix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Then what is the meaning of this comment in the kernel's memcpy?
>  A few kbs don't matter, yet a dozen bytes do?
>
>  > /*
>  >  * This is designed to be small, not fast.
>  >  */

That comment comes from a time when memory cost ten bucks a byte.  We
don't necessarily keep all the comments up to date with the current
market prices, though, figuring anybody reading kernel comments is
moderately rational.  Apparently not.

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