On Fri, 2001-09-07 at 00:36, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Given the minimal nature of the patch I would suggest that it become part
> of 2.4.10 or 11
Are you kidding? We will be lucky to see this in during 2.5.
Its a pretty big change. It makes the Linux kernel preemptible. This
is a fairly big move, one I don't think any of the major Unices have
done. The only reason the patch is not _huge_ is because the Linux
kernel is already setup for concurrency of this nature -- it does SMP.
I suggest you read
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4185744181.html
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5152980814.html
http://kpreempt.sourceforge.net
and my previous threads on this issue, for more informaiton.
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