Messages in this thread |  | | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Subject | Re: wish list | Date | Sat, 4 May 1996 20:39:22 -0400 (EDT) |
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> From: Aaron Fredrick Tiensivu <tiensivu@cps.msu.edu> > Subject: My personal wish-list > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 16:09:29 -0400 (EDT) > > Wish-list for Linux 2.0: > > o *All* printk's statements get a logging level assigned to them.
In 2.1.xx add a comma to make the logging level a real parameter.
> o "Socket destroy delayed" nuked > o TCP layer stabilized > o Victim-list included in kernel distribution
Yes!
> o Removal of the "flock()" warning message
You only get 5 warnings now. Live with it or upgrade.
> o Man files updated accordingly [some still say Linux 0.99] > (not necessarily kernel-related, but it would be nice to have the new > features/system-calls documented properly ) > o Make sure not to jump the gun to 2.0 while things are still unstable > > Wish-list for Linux post-2.0: > > o Modules/kernel throw away init. code when complete
We could mark code as init and swappable. Someone did a patch for this but said the patch gets old very fast.
> o PnP support > o replace 'selection' code with kmouse
Can we feed this and the keyboard into something like Xqueue?
> o Better console interaction between X, DOSEmu, SVGATextMode > [might not be kernel issue]
Unfortunatly it _must_ be. Apps that hit the hardware directly belong in the DOS world. At least X doen't have disk services and all the other Win 3.11 braindamage, but it does take over the video hardware and put the keyboard into raw mode.
> o 'linux/drivers' split into architecture specific branches > o Option to throw away 'other' architecture code > o Various 'README' files in various directories stuck where > they should be, in 'Documentation' > o Cleaner kmalloc > o SBPCD seperated into drive families - taking out support for TEAC > and the other 'families' that don't pertain to my setup resulted > in a 50% reduction in code-size. > o 'vmlinuz' created as a symlink pointing to 'vmlinuz_x.x.xxx' , same with > System.map. That way, no need to go probing to the file looking for version > signature.
I've met too many people that tried to install the raw kernel because zImage was buried down in arch/i386/boot. I'd like a symlink at least, or even just move it into the top directory. It also needs a better name, like 1-3-97.lki. Note that /boot may be a link to a partition under the 1024 cylindar BIOS limit, and we all know what filesystem that could be... stick to the 8.3 limit for boot files.
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