Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Low Latency Patch | Date | Sat, 01 Jul 2000 16:11:25 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com> said.
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> The low latency patch, which really significantly improves not only > the usability of the kernel for real-time audio/video applications but > also improves the general feel and functionality in a heavily loaded > environment,
But Linus has already stated that the cost in the present form is way too high for the win. Most kernel gurus agree...
> and something that significantly affects security as the Solar Design > patches
Which give _no_ additional security (some script kiddies are now using exploits that work even with them applied, just think what will happen if all kernels are "securized": Esploits will work around that, and the cost in the kernel stays forever).
> do, are both things that significantly increase the functionality of the > kernel relative to the degree that they detract from maintainability.
That is definitely not your call to make for Linus' own kernel tree. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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