Sean Chittenden wrote:
>>>I am ready to do my megga-commit to add the first stage of KSE-threading support
>>>to
>>>the kernel. If there is any argument as to the wisdom of this move,
>>>then this is the time to speak up!
>>>
>
> I have one system that I've been maintaining/updating since the
> 2.X days and I feel it's time to nuke it and start over. +1 for a
> non-smp system and SMP system.
>
> That said, I think the value of having both KSE and SMPng in 5.0
> is HUGE and I think there is probably a large number of people that
> would be willing to endure kernel panics, dumps, etc. because the value
> (in terms of technological accomplishment and saleability in the
> corporate space) would be absolutely worth the bumpy road. -CURRENT
> isn't worth tracking unless the dumps, bugs, etc are all going toward
> both SMPng and KSE.
Hey, anyone running -current without a tape drive attached with a daily dump schedule
is either insane, a masochist, or both.
Read my post from this morning about the mysterious filesystem corruption I had this
morning... Kudos to Justin Gibbs for fixing
EOM detection [let's get his scsi_sa.c patches committed ASAP]!!!
> If there are grave concerns about having KSE and SMPng in 5.X,
> then why not push back the release date? The value far outweighs the
> extra months needed to get it finished and out the door, but what do I
> know, I'm just a quiet kernel by standard making an observation. -sc
Good idea.
jim
--
ET has one helluva sense of humor!
He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos!
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