> * NFS write clustering/coalescing/biod
On Linus' todo-list, second item (first is getting rid of the fs regist=
er
for accessing user data from kernel space).
> * Caching a slow block device on a fast one
> * Paging binaries run off CD-ROM and NFS to local swap
These two do almost the same things, except that the first is more gene=
ric,
IMHO.
> * Better support for Plug'n Play cards
In the works; see the PNP pages on www.redhat.com.
> * Guaranteed stream throughput (for example, reserve 300 kB/sec =
for
> a
Dito, Alan is doing that. (Whence he geht all the time to do all the th=
ings
he does is completely beyond me.)
> * Uniform game controller support.
Generalize to: Uniform pointing device support.
> * Environment variables as part of symbolic links
Hmmm. I'd like to see a generic "mount one file system on top of anothe=
r"
interface which would be usable for this, or for caching, or for mounti=
ng
several file systems on top of each other, or ...
> * Faster dep (qdep, for example)
* Slower dep (sdep?) which actually allows us to compile from read-only
sources.
> * Better kmalloc debugging
We already had that. Twice. Every time, somebody invented a new faster =
way
to do the kmalloc thing, and forgot to redo the kmalloc debug stuff.
> * Serial console support
With all serial drivers if at all possible, please...
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