Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:22:21 +0100 | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable |
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On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 03:07:40PM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote: > On January 9, 2002 02:55 pm, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 12:56:50PM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > > BTW, I find your main argument confusing. First you don't want -preempt with > > > CONFIG_EXERIMENTAL because it might not get wide enough testing, so you want > > > to enable it by default in the mainline kernel, then you argue it's too risky > > > because everybody will use it and it might break some obscure driver. Sorry, > > > you lost me back there. > > > > the point I am making is very simple: _if_ we include it, it should _not_ > > be a config option. > > That doesn't make any sense to me. Why should _SMP be a config option and not
getting the drivers tested with preempt enable makes lots of sense to me.
> _PREEMPT?
SMP in 2.1 wasn't a config option.
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