Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (Tim Hollebeek) | | Subject | Re: >256 fd patch... | | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 1997 12:00:15 -0500 (EST) |
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thoth@purplefrog.com writes ... > > bofh@snoopy.virtual.net.au ,in message <199703200627.RAA09332@snoopy.virtual.ne > t.au>, wrote: > > > If you are compiling a new kernel from source each time you install a new > >> version (as most people in this mailing list probably do) then that is true. > >> However I expect that in the near future most Linux users will be installi > >> ng binary kernels without having the knowledge to compile their own kernel ( > >> if this hasn't happened already). IMHO to support such use of Linux and to > >> compete effectively with lesser OSs we need to make these things tunable. > > I can see it now, a little graphical dialog box that says "You have to > recompile your kernel and reboot to activate this feature. Do it now?"
Many commercial UNIXs already do this. What is wrong with it?
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