On 17 Feb 2014, at 08:03, Amos Jeffries <squ...@treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> On 15/02/2014 6:47 a.m., Francesco Chemolli wrote:
>>
>> On 14 Feb 2014, at 13:24, Amos Jeffries <squ...@treenet.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> Just to kick this further along. I've put together the proposal in patch
>>> form.
>>>
>>> Anyone game to test the SMP support is working properly with "-M
>>> foreground" when this is applied?
>>>
>>> I'm also beginning to think we are needing to add getopts_long() support
>>> and just use "--foreground" for the no-daemon mode.
>>> If the attached patch actually works regardign SMP and we agree on the
>>> user-visible bit I'm happy to add that update for the command line and
>>> commit.
>>
>> I'd also add an option to keep the current -N behaviour, such as uniproc,
>> single-proc, one-process or something similar.
>> What do you think?
>
> With the proposed patch -N is still working as before. But with an added
> deprecation notice to encourage all those who just want foreground
> semantics without the debug limits to use the new way.
.. but if it's deprecated, what will it be eventually replaced with? The
no-fork behaviour may be still desirable for some activities, such as debugging.
Kinkie
