Re: [OpenAFS] On desupporting Linux 2.4

2015-02-26 Thread Rich Sudlow
On 02/25/2015 12:51 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: Hi all, Linux 2.4 is getting long in the tooth, and it is becoming clear that attempting to continue to support it is a drain on the scarce OpenAFS development resources which could be better used to modernize the codebase and implement security and

Re: [OpenAFS] On desupporting Linux 2.4

2015-02-26 Thread Stephan Wiesand
On 26 Feb 2015, at 14:08, Chas Williams (CONTRACTOR) c...@cmf.nrl.navy.mil wrote: In message alpine.gso.1.10.1502251140560.3...@multics.mit.edu,Benjamin Kaduk writes: In particular, the threading library used by Linux 2.4, LinuxThreads, is Not completely accurate -- there are some 2.6

Re: [OpenAFS] On desupporting Linux 2.4

2015-02-26 Thread Chas Williams (CONTRACTOR)
In message alpine.gso.1.10.1502251140560.3...@multics.mit.edu,Benjamin Kaduk writes: In particular, the threading library used by Linux 2.4, LinuxThreads, is Not completely accurate -- there are some 2.6 kernel based distributions with LinxuxThreads (although they hopefully provide NPTL as

[OpenAFS] On desupporting Linux 2.4

2015-02-25 Thread Benjamin Kaduk
Hi all, Linux 2.4 is getting long in the tooth, and it is becoming clear that attempting to continue to support it is a drain on the scarce OpenAFS development resources which could be better used to modernize the codebase and implement security and performance improvements such as rxgk and

Re: [OpenAFS] On desupporting Linux 2.4

2015-02-25 Thread Jason Edgecombe
On 02/25/2015 12:51 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: Hi all, Linux 2.4 is getting long in the tooth, and it is becoming clear that attempting to continue to support it is a drain on the scarce OpenAFS development resources which could be better used to modernize the codebase and implement security and

Re: [OpenAFS] On desupporting Linux 2.4

2015-02-25 Thread Volkmar Glauche
Dear Ben, even the oldest machines in our lab are running Linux 3.x, so dropping Linux 2.4 support would not affect our business. Best, Volkmar Zitat von Benjamin Kaduk ka...@mit.edu: Hi all, Linux 2.4 is getting long in the tooth, and it is becoming clear that attempting to continue to