Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs)

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

szonyi calin wrote:
> --- Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> a écrit : > On
> Fri, 23 Jul 2004, [iso-8859-1] szonyi calin wrote:
> 
>>>And with new devepment model this expenses will be passed to
>>
>>the
>>
>>>end user when the kernel will not be stable enough and will
>>> crash. Do you you remember the 8k vs 4k stack problem for
>>>Nvidia binary kernel module ?
>>
>>You want a stable kernel, but you also want to rely on
>>binary-only kernel
>>modules?
>>
> 
> 
> No. I wasn't clear on that one. My example was wrong. AFAIK the
> 8k/4k stack kernel problem were causing problems for other 
> people too.
> 
> 
>>The Linux kernel people cannot guarantee stability with
>>binary-only kernel
>>modules. And the Linux kernel people cannot solve that
>>problem...
>>
> 
> 
> I underestand that. 
> However hpa told me that the stability of the 2.6 kernel will 
> not suffer.

And akpm posted that he intended to remove cryptoloop, while others are 
calling for the end to devfs. Not having features disappear is part of 
stable, I would think, not just "not oops more often."

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