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Subject: Re: unregistered changes to the user<->kernel API
To: andrea@suse.de (Andrea Arcangeli)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 19:11:27 +0100 (BST)
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> > Tangent:  Why is this webserver-specific crap in kernel_stat anyway?  It
> > Even when merging Tux, I would hope Linus would not apply this
> > particular change.
> 
> Indeed, I also said this in my first email :)

I dont see why Tux should be merged. If we have people achieving the same
performance in user space with the core facilities tux added to the kernel
like the better irq/sendfile stuff why bother merging tux ?