From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264750AbUF1HCN (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:02:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264762AbUF1HCN (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:02:13 -0400 Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.102]:7573 "EHLO pimout3-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264750AbUF1HCL (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2004 03:02:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:02:05 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Matthias Urlichs Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH] Fix the cpumask rewrite Message-ID: <20040628070205.GA4743@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <20040626221802.GA12296@taniwha.stupidest.org> <1088290477.3790.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040627000541.GA13325@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040627224115.GA22532@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040628012407.GC4648@kiste> <20040628054227.GB4025@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20040628065506.GA5557@kiste> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040628065506.GA5557@kiste> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 08:55:08AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > However, going over 5000 jiffies usages and re-doing all of them > doesn't happen overnight, and I do suspect that some people want > their embedded clockless systems to run Linux 2.4 or 2.6, rather > than 2.8... Such (embedded) hardware uses a very small percentage of the drivers we have in the tree, changing them as required seems quite sane and manageable in 2.7.x time-frame. I also do see why clock-less has to be embedded only, I suspect maybe the s390 could make use of this too? (Think of lots of mostly-idle Linux instances under VM). And, it's a 'new feature' so if people need to upgrade, then Life is tough. How sad. --cw