From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261976AbVEXJnf (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2005 05:43:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262049AbVEXJmZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2005 05:42:25 -0400 Received: from smtp.nexlab.net ([213.173.188.110]:26056 "EHLO smtp.nexlab.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261976AbVEXJVW (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2005 05:21:22 -0400 X-Postfix-Filter: PDFilter By Nexlab, Version 0.1 on mail01.nexlab.net X-Virus-Checker-Version: clamassassin 1.2.1 with ClamAV 0.83/893/Tue May 24 08:27:20 2005 signatures 31.893 Message-Id: <20050524092118.4F404FA75@smtp.nexlab.net> Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 11:21:18 +0200 (CEST) From: root@smtp.nexlab.net To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org by smtp.nexlab.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 399D6FB6B for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 10:01:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261300AbVEXCDR (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 22:03:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261299AbVEXCDR (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 22:03:17 -0400 Received: from mail.timesys.com ([65.117.135.102]:23125 "EHLO exchange.timesys.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261300AbVEXCDO (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 22:03:14 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([192.168.2.230]) by exchange.timesys.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 23 May 2005 21:56:39 -0400 Message-ID: <42928AFF.7010503@timesys.com> Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 22:01:35 -0400 From: john cooper User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dwalker@mvista.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, akpm@osdl.org, sdietrich@mvista.com, john cooper Subject: Re: RT patch acceptance References: <1116890066.13086.61.camel@dhcp153.mvista.com> In-Reply-To: <1116890066.13086.61.camel@dhcp153.mvista.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 May 2005 01:56:41.0000 (UTC) FILETIME=[D4209280:01C56003] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Daniel Walker wrote: > I went to see Andrew Morton speak at Xerox PARC and he indicated that > some of the RT patch was a little crazy . Specifically interrupts in > threads (Correct me if I'm wrong Andrew). It seems a lot of the > maintainers haven't really warmed up to it. Understandably at first encounter it may seem rather unconventional. However scheduled interrupt execution has existed in Solaris for years. What are the objections? -john -- john.cooper@timesys.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/