From: "Parag Warudkar" <parag.lkml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd-GBwJepH+xoVeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds
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Subject: Re: [Bug #11342] Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:56:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f7848160808270556q54c36270ye6a465d2ca123cc@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1219827609.30209.29.camel-7sPfb3biEqGJZy4MaDjwDw@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:00 AM, Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd-GBwJepH+xoVeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> They probably gave the idea pretty soon because you need to
> rework/improve large parts of the kernel + drivers (and that has two
> major problems - it consumes a lot of man power for "no new features and
> everything must be completely tested again"[0] and it adds new risks).
> And that is practically impossible if one sells "stable driver APIs" for
> 3rd party (commercial) drivers because these must be changed too.
>
But not many embedded Linux arches support 4K stacks like Adrian
pointed out earlier.
So the same (lot of man power requirement) would apply to Linux.
Sure it will be good - but how reasonable it is to attempt it and how
reliably it will work under all conceived loads - those are the
questions.
Thanks
Parag
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-27 12:56 UTC|newest]
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[not found] ` <48B313E0.1000501@hp.com>
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808251326500.3363@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
[not found] ` <200808261111.19205.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261019450.3363@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-26 18:30 ` [Bug #11342] Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected Adrian Bunk
[not found] ` <20080826183051.GB10925-re2QNgSbS3j4D6uPqz5PAwR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 18:40 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261134530.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 20:21 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-26 20:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-27 16:21 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-26 18:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-26 19:02 ` Jamie Lokier
[not found] ` <20080826190213.GA30255-yetKDKU6eevNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 19:18 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261144510.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 20:59 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-26 21:04 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261403360.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 22:54 ` Parag Warudkar
[not found] ` <f7848160808261554j2f4eaaa6i1ee8801ae75ca7bf-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 23:00 ` David VomLehn
2008-08-26 23:45 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-26 23:47 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261644260.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 0:53 ` Greg Ungerer
2008-08-27 1:08 ` Parag Warudkar
2008-08-27 1:31 ` Greg Ungerer
[not found] ` <48B4AE68.4040205-XXXsiaCtIV5Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 2:16 ` Parag Warudkar
2008-08-27 8:44 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-08-27 0:58 ` Parag Warudkar
[not found] ` <f7848160808261758q7b84aab1m188c1ebb59304818-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 1:49 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261837530.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 2:36 ` Parag Warudkar
[not found] ` <f7848160808261936m18c69dc0r26f41850efae4b91-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 2:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-27 8:32 ` Alan Cox
2008-08-27 6:01 ` Paul Mackerras
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2008-08-27 10:58 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-27 15:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-27 11:58 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-27 9:00 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
[not found] ` <1219827609.30209.29.camel-7sPfb3biEqGJZy4MaDjwDw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 12:56 ` Parag Warudkar [this message]
2008-08-27 13:17 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
[not found] ` <1219843032.30209.51.camel-7sPfb3biEqGJZy4MaDjwDw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 15:48 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-27 16:38 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
[not found] ` <1219855121.30209.112.camel-7sPfb3biEqGJZy4MaDjwDw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 17:51 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-27 19:30 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-08-28 0:06 ` Greg Ungerer
[not found] ` <20080827154805.GA25387-yetKDKU6eevNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-28 0:11 ` Greg Ungerer
2008-08-27 8:34 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-08-26 23:24 ` Adrian Bunk
[not found] ` <20080826232411.GC11734-re2QNgSbS3j4D6uPqz5PAwR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 23:51 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261648140.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 0:23 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-27 0:28 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261726560.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 11:58 ` Adrian Bunk
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2008-08-27 16:00 ` Paul Mundt
2008-08-27 17:35 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-28 0:32 ` Paul Mundt
2008-08-28 0:46 ` David Miller
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2008-08-28 1:02 ` Paul Mundt
2008-08-28 16:16 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-28 1:05 ` Greg Ungerer
2008-08-27 8:25 ` Alan Cox
2008-08-27 12:52 ` Parag Warudkar
[not found] ` <f7848160808270552u2ee66167x912a68e0bf8b25bf-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 13:21 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <20080827142142.303cdba8-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 16:24 ` Parag Warudkar
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