Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 9 Nov 1996 17:41:25 -0500 (EST) | From | Todd Graham Lewis <> | Subject | Re: RANT: serial console |
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On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Nicholas J. Leon wrote:
> Why not use that patch, then? If you are talking about using Linux as > a production level system, you shouldn't be in the 2.1.x kernels > anyway. (...) > I agree that it should be included in the kernel, but what's the > problem with just applying the patch and using it? Does it HAVE to be > integrated?
First of all, if 1.3 was any indication, I will be using 2.1 in production use eventually anyway. although you're right that now is not a good time.
Serial console support should be included because the 2.0 patch will slowly become useless as the kernel muta^H^H^H^H evolves. There have been patches before for the same functionality, and it's happened to them.
My argument is that it should be a standard feature in the kernel. It seems to me that people are viewing it as sort of an optional, extra feature which not many people will use. If we want Linux used in production environments, then this is definitely the wrong attitude to have.
Is there some sort of inherent difficulty in integrating this functionality? Will it cause unbelievable kernel bloat? Does it make the serial code hopelessly complex? Am I just whining?
__ Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering Mindspring Enterprises tlewis@mindspring.com (800) 719 4664, x2804
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