Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263354AbTEVWeA (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 18:34:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263361AbTEVWeA (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 18:34:00 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:17632 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263354AbTEVWdw (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 18:33:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:44:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20030522.154410.104047403.davem@redhat.com> To: davidsen@tmr.com Cc: haveblue@us.ibm.com, habanero@us.ibm.com, mbligh@aracnet.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: userspace irq balancer From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: References: <60830000.1053575867@[10.10.2.4]> X-FalunGong: Information control. X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 772 Lines: 19 From: Bill Davidsen Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 13:24:26 -0400 (EDT) > You have to install new modutils to even use modules with the 2.5.x > kernel, given that why are we even talking about the "inconvenience" > of installing the usermode IRQ balancer as being a blocker for > ripping out the in-kernel stuff? But you don't have to use modules at all, while running without interrupts isn't an option. Interrupts WORK without the IRQ balancing. Come one people, get real already. - 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/