Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:58:20 +0100 (MET) | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: Kernel interface changes (was Re: cdrecord problems on |
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
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> It's important to remember that when we make gratuitous changes that > seem to have very little benefit besides forcing kernel modules to get > recompiled, it's not screwing over IBM. IBM/Transarc wasn't making a > penny from the Linux AFS port. It screwed over MIT users --- MIT users > who need AFS access so they can access their Project Athena files from > their Linux boxes in their dorm rooms ---- MIT users who said, "Why is > it that NetBSD doesn't have these problems in their stable kernel; only > Linux seems to consistently break things?"
How come, that if IBM doesn't make a penny from AFS, they don't release the source, so that we can include it in the kernel?!!?!
> And as a result, I've seen more than a few MIT users decide to give up > on Linux and move over to NetBSD. I think this is bad, and I'm hoping > we can take just a little bit more care in the 2.2 series than we did in > the 2.0 series. Is that really too much to ask?
No, I think this is definitely a legit request. But I also think that Linus is very determined to do this. He has been very restrictive with v2.2 patches so far.
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