Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269967AbTG1Opn (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:45:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269981AbTG1Opn (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:45:43 -0400 Received: from [24.241.190.29] ([24.241.190.29]:11934 "EHLO wally.rdlg.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269967AbTG1Opk (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:45:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:00:51 -0400 From: "Robert L. Harris" To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4 -> 2.2 differences? Message-ID: <20030728150051.GE13260@rdlg.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bernd Eckenfels , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030725142434.GS32585@rdlg.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BZaMRJmqxGScZ8Mx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2089 Lines: 69 --BZaMRJmqxGScZ8Mx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thus spake Bernd Eckenfels (ecki-lkm@lina.inka.de): > In article <20030725142434.GS32585@rdlg.net> you wrote: > > With all the SCO fun going on I have people asking me what functionality > > we would loose if we rolled from 2.4.21 kernel to the last known stable > > 2.2 kernel. >=20 > it is easier to turn off SMP. >=20 > BTW: what will happen if there is some SMP code from IBM in the kernel wh= ich > is owned by SCO? Isnt it a matter of days to remove that code? Does anybo= dy > have to pay for past usage of the code? But would just turning off SMP shut up the lawyers? They're saying it'd take a full roll back to 2.2. Having Gartner say not to take the suit seriously isn't helping calm down the lawyers, etc even if there is no proof. http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0523gartntous2.html Right now there's just a bunch of rumors and stories of people like M$ paying license fees which argumentably provides a precedent. (tactics of M$ asside, M$ isn't the topic here) Robert :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | GPG Key ID: E344DA3B @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu=20 DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. Diagnosis: witzelsucht =09 IPv6 =3D robert@ipv6.rdlg.net http://ipv6.rdlg.net IPv4 =3D robert@mail.rdlg.net http://www.rdlg.net --BZaMRJmqxGScZ8Mx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/JTqj8+1vMONE2jsRAsaKAKC34pU0FSrJwmZeHLXo6kgrBdjw8QCgnuAJ wxQF9s9+xyLe0Od2s8+psxs= =qlfh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BZaMRJmqxGScZ8Mx-- - 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/