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This month [hurd hacker] [item]
-*IRC 2011-11-14*
+**http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2011-11/msg00079.html**
+
+Bouju Alain submitted a patch to suport cpuinfo in the /proc interface
+
+**IRC 2011-11-14**
rbraun committed the last patch to mplanetas branch of the slab allocator work, for integration.
+
Features:
-22:30:39) braunr: there shouldn't be any noticeable difference with the master branch
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+(22:30:39) braunr: there shouldn't be any noticeable difference with the master branch
+
(22:30:46) braunr: a bit less fragmentation
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(22:30:55) braunr: more memory can be reclaimed by the VM system
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(22:31:02) braunr: there are debugging features
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(22:31:06) braunr: it's SMP ready
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(22:31:15) braunr: and overall cleaner than the zone allocator
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(22:31:31) braunr: although a bit slower on the free path (because of what's performed to reduce fragmentation)
-22:32:42) braunr: but even "slower" here is completely negligible
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+(22:32:42) braunr: but even "slower" here is completely negligible
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