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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for mm] Remove iBCS support
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:12:16 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2927.1201237936@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:44:05 +1030." <479945ED.7040007@davidnewall.com>

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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:44:05 +1030, David Newall said:

> The benefit is not zero.  Repeating myself: While the code is there, it
> encourages either removal or repair.  If the option to remove is taken
> off the table then it will eventually be repaired.

Well, if the 2.4 version hasn't been ported by 2.6.24, maybe we'll check
back in *another* 4 years when we're up to 2.6.48.  There's a limit to
how much "eventually" we should drag along.

We (especially Adrian) remove stuff from the kernel *all the time* with the
notation "If anybody wants to get this hook back, it's easy enough to re-add it
when an actual user shows up".  I don't see why iBCS should be treated any
differently.


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  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-25  5:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-19  4:59 Andi Kleen
2008-01-20  2:27 ` David Newall
2008-01-20  3:11   ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-20  4:46     ` David Newall
2008-01-20  5:18       ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-20  5:33         ` David Newall
2008-01-20  5:55           ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-20  6:23             ` David Newall
2008-01-20  7:29               ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-21  1:37                 ` David Newall
2008-01-22 10:24                   ` Karl Kiniger
2008-01-22 15:06                     ` David Newall
2008-01-22 15:52                       ` Adrian Bunk
2008-01-23  8:48                     ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-23 14:12                       ` Karl Kiniger
2008-01-23 14:24                         ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-24 17:06                           ` David Newall
2008-01-22 11:12                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-22 12:42                     ` Karl Kiniger
2008-01-22 15:13                     ` David Newall
2008-01-22 15:49                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-01-24 17:01                         ` David Newall
2008-01-22 16:01                       ` Adrian Bunk
2008-01-24 17:04                         ` David Newall
2008-01-24 17:24                           ` Adrian Bunk
2008-01-24 17:55                             ` David Newall
2008-01-24 18:14                               ` Adrian Bunk
2008-01-25  2:14                                 ` David Newall
2008-01-25  5:12                                   ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2008-01-25 16:40                                   ` Alan Cox
2008-01-24 19:51                               ` Pavel Machek
2008-01-25  2:17                                 ` David Newall
2008-01-24 20:37                               ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-25  2:16                                 ` David Newall
2008-01-22 16:50                       ` Alan Cox
2008-01-24 17:08                         ` David Newall
2008-01-22 13:20                 ` Giulio
2008-01-20 13:06           ` Alan Cox
2008-01-20 13:43             ` David Newall
2008-01-20 13:51               ` Alan Cox
2008-01-25 12:17 ` Ingo Molnar

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