Re: RT patch acceptance

Karim Yaghmour
2005-05-30T22:39:59Z

Bill Huey (hui) wrote:
>>From my memory DRM drivers have direct path to the vertical retrace
> through the current ioctl() interface. It's not an issue for that driver
> and probably many others that use simple syscalls like that.

This is rather short. Can you elaborate a little on what you're trying
to say here? thanks.

> The RT patch isn't hard to maintain and only one jerk-off objected to
> it without providing any useful information why the single kernel
> approach is faulty other than it jars his easily offended sensibilities

I didn't say the RT patch was hard to maintain. I said that it increased
the cost of maintenance for the rest of the kernel (which is the feeling
that seems to be echoed by other peoples' answers in this thread.)

BTW, please take a breath here. I'm not interested in taking part in a
flame-fest.

Karim
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