Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1

Alex Besogonov
2007-07-28T22:35:22Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I personally feel that modal behaviour is bad, so it would introduce what
> is in my opinion bad code, and likely result in problems not being found
> and fixed as well (because people would pick the thing that "works for
> them", and ignore the problems in the other module).
I'm sorry, but this argument doesn't hold water. It was invoked years
ago and turned out to be incorrect - the new CFS scheduler is not just a
fixed old scheduler, it's a completely redesigned one.

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With respect,
Alex Besogonov (cyberax@elewise.com)