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From: Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>
Cc: Adam Kropelin <akropel1@rochester.rr.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tim.bird@am.sony.com,
	celinux-dev@tree.celinuxforum.org, tpoynor@mvista.com,
	geert@linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] preset loops_per_jiffy for faster booting
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:58:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40F0C8E8.2060908@opersys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200407102351.05059.dtor_core@ameritech.net>


Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Do we need to encourage ordinary users to turn this option on? 99% of
> non-embedded market is much safer with that option off...

There are other boot params that gather similar if not higher percentages.
profile= is one of those.

Also, keep in mind that in a not too distant future (and indeed today for
some folks already) recompiling and fine-tuning the Linux kernel for your
latest gizmo will not be as foreign as your statement may make it sound.

Karim
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  reply	other threads:[~2004-07-11  5:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-07-09 19:25 [PATCH] preset loops_per_jiffy for faster booting Tim Bird
2004-07-09 22:24 ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-09 23:35 ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-10  0:20   ` Tim Bird
2004-07-10  2:01     ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-10  2:01       ` Todd Poynor
2004-07-10 15:42         ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-10 14:41       ` [Celinux-dev] " Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-07-10 15:22         ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-10 15:54     ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-10 18:28       ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-10 18:19         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-10 20:14           ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-11  1:25             ` Andrew Morton
2004-07-11  3:44               ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-11  4:38                 ` Andrew Morton
2004-07-12 17:31                   ` Tim Bird
2004-07-11  4:51                 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-11  4:58                   ` Karim Yaghmour [this message]
2004-07-11  5:19                     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-07-11  5:27                       ` Andrew Morton
2004-07-11  7:46                         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-07-11  7:51                           ` Andrew Morton
2004-07-11 13:41                             ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-12 18:52                               ` Tim Bird
2004-07-12 19:32                                 ` Adam Kropelin
2004-07-12 22:41                                   ` Tim Bird
2004-07-13 19:24                                     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-07-12 17:50               ` Tim Bird

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