From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Christmas list for the kernel
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:11:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4383979F.6070608@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910511221031o44dd90caq2b24fbac1a1bae7b@mail.gmail.com>
Jon Smirl wrote:
> There have been recent comments about the pace of kernel development
> slowing. What are the major areas that still need major work? When the
> thread slows down maybe Linus will tell us what the top ten items
> really are.
>
> To get things started here's a few that I would add:
>
> 1) graphics, it is a total mess.
>
> 2) get Xen merged, virtualization will be key on the server.
> Hotplugable CPUs and memory are tied up in this one.
>
Serious question, when/if xen is in the kernel, is there a reason for
UML? If so, why would I use UML instead of xen, and where?
I'm looking at a project eventually headed for a blade server, clearly
some cost saving in the testing environment would be nice.
--
-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-23 15:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-22 18:31 Christmas list for the kernel Jon Smirl
2005-11-22 18:39 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-22 19:10 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 0:43 ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-23 1:09 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 1:37 ` Josh Boyer
2005-11-23 2:00 ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-23 5:18 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 5:45 ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-23 16:12 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-23 19:27 ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-22 19:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-11-22 19:57 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 22:16 ` Pavel Machek
2005-11-23 22:12 ` Pavel Machek
2005-11-22 20:49 ` Greg KH
2005-11-22 21:13 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-22 21:28 ` Kasper Sandberg
2005-11-22 21:41 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-22 21:56 ` David Lang
2005-11-22 22:00 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2005-11-22 23:36 ` Alan Cox
2005-11-22 23:56 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 9:09 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 16:07 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-23 8:47 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-11-23 14:44 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-11-23 17:21 ` Gene Heskett
2005-11-23 17:30 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 19:28 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-22 23:35 ` Alan Cox
2005-11-22 23:58 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 0:37 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-23 11:19 ` Alan Cox
2005-11-23 12:17 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-11-23 14:43 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 15:03 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 15:12 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 15:56 ` Marc Koschewski
2005-11-23 16:05 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 16:37 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 16:49 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-11-23 16:59 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 17:05 ` Marc Koschewski
2005-11-23 17:13 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 17:16 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-11-23 17:24 ` Marc Koschewski
2005-11-23 17:15 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-11-23 19:32 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-23 15:19 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 15:25 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 15:31 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 15:36 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 16:02 ` Marc Koschewski
2005-11-23 16:16 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 16:23 ` Marc Koschewski
2005-11-23 16:23 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-11-23 16:27 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 16:31 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-11-23 16:34 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-11-23 16:33 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2005-11-23 15:20 ` Pierre Ossman
2005-11-23 15:29 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 15:39 ` Pierre Ossman
2005-11-23 15:51 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 15:49 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 15:56 ` Russell King
2005-11-23 16:32 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-11-23 16:50 ` Jon Smirl
2005-11-23 15:49 ` John Stoffel
2005-11-23 15:27 ` Martin Mares
2005-11-22 21:28 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-11-22 23:33 ` Alan Cox
2005-11-23 7:10 ` Early boot issues (WAS: Christmas list for the kernel) Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-11-23 19:47 ` Andi Kleen
2005-11-22 22:11 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2005-11-24 4:17 ` Christmas list for the kernel Rob Landley
2005-11-23 22:23 ` Pavel Machek
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