Re: using LKML for subsystem development

2008-02-01 Thread Stefan Richter
Ingo Molnar wrote: > and your solution: you advocate destroying information by pulling it off > lkml I did not propose to pull anything off of LKML. I argued that LKML's topic is not a true superset of some of those other lists' topics, hence cannot truly replace those lists. -- Stefan Richter

Re: using LKML for subsystem development

2008-02-01 Thread Ingo Molnar
(a late reply - the merge window made me ignore this thread ;-) * Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (or if that's still too much, follow the time-deferred lkml updates > > of lwn.net) > > > > Realize it: it's _far_ easier to filter down a too verbose source of > > information, tha

Re: using LKML for subsystem development

2008-01-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:31:01 +0100, Stefan Richter said: > Does your laptop have for example chained sg lists? :-) Beats me - I don't see it on an 'lspci' ;) But I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a 'powerpc' in it, so those threads get *totally* skipped... My point was "personal interest in the d

Re: using LKML for subsystem development

2008-01-26 Thread Stefan Richter
David Miller wrote: > From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:28:20 +0100 > >> Filter on all mails from David S. Miller if you are interested in >> networking topics. You'll have a really good grasp of what's going on in >> that area, without having to invest too much t

Re: using LKML for subsystem development

2008-01-26 Thread Stefan Richter
Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] How will subscribers of LKML decide which discussion threads in >> the huge amount of traffic are worth to glance at? Each of us has >> only a limited amount of time for LKML consumption. > > uhm. How do you decide whi

Re: using LKML for subsystem development

2008-01-26 Thread David Miller
From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:28:20 +0100 > Filter on all mails from David S. Miller if you are interested in > networking topics. You'll have a really good grasp of what's going on in > that area, without having to invest too much time. That's a very poor filt

Re: using LKML for subsystem development

2008-01-26 Thread Stefan Richter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:42:43 +0100, Stefan Richter said: > >> Even if you only look at the Subject: and number of postings in a >> thread, how to judge whether there is a stability risk for the next -rc >> in the making, without experience or personal interest in the dom

Re: using LKML for subsystem development (was Re: Linux 2.6.24)

2008-01-26 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Stefan Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] How will subscribers of LKML decide which discussion threads in > the huge amount of traffic are worth to glance at? Each of us has > only a limited amount of time for LKML consumption. uhm. How do you decide which of the 1 git commits p

Re: using LKML for subsystem development (was Re: Linux 2.6.24)

2008-01-25 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:42:43 +0100, Stefan Richter said: > Even if you only look at the Subject: and number of postings in a > thread, how to judge whether there is a stability risk for the next -rc > in the making, without experience or personal interest in the domain? My general rule of thumb i