From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:12:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:12:33 -0400 Received: from johnsl.lnk.telstra.net ([139.130.12.152]:38409 "HELO ns.higherplane.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:12:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:33:57 +1000 From: john slee To: arjan@fenrus.demon.nl Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.10aa1 (00_vm-tweaks-1) Message-ID: <20010925183357.E29541@higherplane.net> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 10:46:36PM +0100, arjan@fenrus.demon.nl wrote: > In article you wrote: > >> If you took my patch for it, PLEASE don't send it for inclusion; it's an > >> evil hack and no longer needed when Intel fixes the bug in their 440GX bios. > > > "when" is not a word I find useful about most bios bugs. Try "if" or > > "less likely that being hit on the head by an asteroid" > > This case is different. Intel promised the update "soon". For them it's oh, they _promised_! great! on another note... 2.4.10 is great incidentally, noticeably improved performance for a somewhat large postgresql db on raid0 (35GB, ~100 million rows) if anyone's interested i'll post numbers vs. 2.4.9 as i do more testing. /me bearhug andrea j. -- R N G G "Well, there it goes again... And we just sit I G G G here without opposable thumbs." -- gary larson