From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964871AbXCAKWM (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 05:22:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964888AbXCAKWM (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 05:22:12 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:33051 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964885AbXCAKWK (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 05:22:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:21:57 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Al Boldi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 00/13] Syslets, "Threadlets", generic AIO support, v3 Message-ID: <20070301102157.GA20465@elf.ucw.cz> References: <200702271715.31184.a1426z@gawab.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200702271715.31184.a1426z@gawab.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > But it is true that for most kernel programmers, threaded > > programming is much easier to understand, and we need to engineer the > > kernel for what will be maintainable for the majority of the kernel > > development community. > > What's probably true is that, for a kernel to stay competitive you need two > distinct traits: > > 1. Stability > 2. Performance > > And you can't get that, by arguing that the kernel development community > doesn't have the brains to code for performance, which I dearly doubt. > > So, instead of using intimidating language to force one's opinion thru, > especially when it comes from those in control, why not have a democratic > vote? Linus cast his vote, and as that is only vote that matters, can we end this discussion? (Eugeny is not willing to listen to Linus, but I guess that's Eugeny's problem at this point). Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html