Re: How much do the hint bits help?

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm sure it will take a little while for everybody to understand why a
>> full CRC implementation is both necessary and now possible. Paradigm
>> shifts of thought do seem like teleports, but they can be beneficial.
>
> But please don't deny the rest of us airbags while you keep working on
> teleportation ;-)

well, simon's point that hint bits complicate checksum may nor may not
be the case, but no hint bits = less i/o = less checksumming (unless
you checksum around the hint bits).  This lowers the expense of doing
it, which is nice.  Maybe that doesn't matter in the end, we'll see.

merlin