* Evgeniy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] But it is true that for most kernel programmers, threaded > > programming is much easier to understand, and we need to engineer > > the kernel for what will be maintainable for the majority of the > > kernel development community. > > I understand that - and I totally agree.
why did you then write, just one mail ago, the exact opposite: > And debugging state machine code has exactly the same complexity as > debugging multi-threading code - if not less... the kernel /IS/ multi-threaded code. which statement of yours is also patently, absurdly untrue. Multithreaded code is harder to debug than process based code, but it is still a breeze compared to complex state-machines... Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/