Messages in this thread | | | From | tabris <> | Subject | Re: Issues for "CONFIG_PREEMPT" | Date | Sun, 9 May 2004 16:06:11 -0400 |
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On Sunday 09 May 2004 12:26 am, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > Hi, > > Please CC me as I am not subscribed to the list. > > Are the kernel developers working on the preemptive kernel in 2.6? > > Initially the preempt patch was heavily advertised as one of the new > enhancements for the 2.6 kernel. > > What is the current status? I am not able to find any "detailed" > information about this. > > Could someone please summarize the issues and plans for the preempt > patch? I believe the relevant point is that it is no longer a 'patch' but merged in mainline 2.6. in fact, it was merged early-mid 2.5 (don't know the precise version, didn't pay that much attn). > > Unfortunately for those of us who still like the 2.4 kernel, the Preempt patch for 2.4 (previously maintained by Robert Love) is, to my knowledge, no longer maintained except by some distros. The official stance is that everybody should go with 2.6. And as the preempt patch is not something that can be trivially ported/maintained (requiring intimate knowledge of internals), it shall likely remain so. > > Thanks, > Ernesto - -- tabris - - Hardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)
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