On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 00:44 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Daniel Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > remember, these changes have been in use in -rt for a while. there's > > > reason to believe that they aren't going to cause drastic problems. > > > > Since I've been working with -rt (~2 years now I think) it's clear > > that the number of testers of the patch isn't all that high compared > > to the stable kernel . [...] > > You havent been watching it too closely i guess :-) The -rt kernel often > pops up regressions before mainline does, especially when it comes to > arcane hardware often used by embedded vendors [ =B-) ]. It even > triggers certain high-end scalability and race bugs before the mainline > kernel does, due to its unique scheduling behavior.
Don't assume anything Ingo ;) > So yes, -rt obviously does not have as wide of a tester basis as the > mainline kernel (but it's by no means small), it nevertheless has a > tester base that is partly orthogonal to the mainline kernel. > > Furthermore, -rt has a wide enough tester base for it to know that if > something has not caused problems in it for years is certainly at least > a good indicator that something isnt going to cause drastic problems ... > which was the point to begin with. As I said, it's a plus but not a silver bullet ? Are you saying I was wrong ? Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
