Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: New dev model (was [PATCH] delete devfs) | Date | Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:18:05 -0400 |
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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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