From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>,
Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>,
Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
klibc@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [klibc] klibc and what's the next step?
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:59:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44B40320.40005@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0607111249380.5623@g5.osdl.org>
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Does that mean "in kernel space", "in the kernel distribution" or "in memory
>> completely under the control by the kernel?" That is really what this is
>> about.
>
> I think it's all about kernel space.
>
> Moving the default parsing to user space would add exactly _zero_
> advantage, and would add totally unnecessary complexity (ie now we need to
> make sure that hotplug does it right - and the hotplug routines suddenly
> change between the boot phase and the actual install).
With LVM (default RHEL and Fedora installs encourage you in that
direction) and EVMS (device mapper), these issues already exist.
Today's default install has "partition" parsing in both the kernel and
userspace... talk about complexity :)
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-11 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-26 0:57 [klibc 00/43] klibc as a historyless patchset H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-27 13:12 ` klibc and what's the next step? Roman Zippel
2006-06-27 13:39 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-06-27 16:42 ` [klibc] " Greg KH
2006-06-28 23:46 ` Roman Zippel
2006-06-27 17:01 ` Andi Kleen
2006-06-27 17:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-27 17:40 ` Andi Kleen
2006-06-27 17:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-27 20:22 ` Joshua Hudson
2006-06-28 5:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-29 0:04 ` Roman Zippel
2006-07-03 18:30 ` Rob Landley
2006-07-03 18:46 ` [klibc] " maximilian attems
2006-07-04 1:36 ` Jeff Bailey
2006-07-04 2:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-27 14:07 ` Jon Smirl
2006-06-27 14:40 ` Jeff Bailey
2006-06-27 19:47 ` Milton Miller
2006-06-28 23:56 ` Roman Zippel
2006-06-29 0:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-29 23:33 ` Roman Zippel
2006-06-30 8:00 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2006-06-30 18:08 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-30 22:58 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-06-30 18:11 ` Pavel Machek
2006-06-30 23:04 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-06-30 23:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-01 10:56 ` [klibc] " Jeff Bailey
2006-07-01 15:05 ` Theodore Tso
2006-07-01 20:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-07-01 21:58 ` Al Viro
2006-07-01 22:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-02 0:05 ` Theodore Tso
2006-07-02 0:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-02 0:38 ` Theodore Tso
2006-07-02 0:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-01 22:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-03 7:23 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2006-07-03 21:36 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-01 15:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-01 15:47 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-06-30 23:32 ` Pavel Machek
2006-07-11 4:48 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 10:29 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-07-11 11:27 ` [klibc] " Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 16:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 16:40 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 17:05 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-07-11 17:16 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 17:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 17:30 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 17:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 18:01 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 18:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 18:10 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 18:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 19:15 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 19:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-07-11 19:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 19:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-07-11 19:59 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-07-11 20:01 ` Theodore Tso
2006-07-11 20:11 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 20:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 18:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 18:06 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-07-11 18:15 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 18:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 18:53 ` Alan Cox
2006-07-11 18:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-11 20:06 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 20:22 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 21:22 ` Greg KH
2006-07-12 16:54 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-12 16:58 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-12 17:01 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-12 21:36 ` Greg KH
2006-07-11 17:55 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-07-11 17:46 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-07-11 17:52 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 18:02 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-07-11 10:51 ` Sam Ravnborg
2006-07-11 13:45 ` Theodore Tso
2006-07-11 14:28 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-07-11 15:13 ` [klibc] " Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 15:30 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-11 15:47 ` Olaf Hering
2006-07-11 16:21 ` Alan Cox
2006-07-11 14:32 ` Rene Herman
2006-07-12 15:23 ` David Lang
2006-07-13 11:58 ` Pavel Machek
2006-06-27 18:59 ` [klibc 00/43] klibc as a historyless patchset Milton Miller
2006-06-27 19:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-06-27 20:39 ` Milton Miller
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