Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264527AbTIDBzm (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:55:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264532AbTIDByH (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:54:07 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:48001 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264525AbTIDBxC (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:53:02 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:52:49 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Daniel Phillips Cc: Steven Cole , Antonio Vargas , Larry McVoy , CaT , Anton Blanchard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Scaling noise Message-ID: <20030904015249.GF5227@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Daniel Phillips , Steven Cole , Antonio Vargas , Larry McVoy , CaT , Anton Blanchard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030903040327.GA10257@work.bitmover.com> <20030903124716.GE2359@wind.cocodriloo.com> <1062603063.1723.91.camel@spc9.esa.lanl.gov> <200309040350.31949.phillips@arcor.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309040350.31949.phillips@arcor.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0.5, required 7, AWL, DATE_IN_PAST_06_12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 17 On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 03:50:31AM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote: > There are other arguments, such as how complex locking is, and how it will > never work correctly, but those are noise: it's pretty much done now, the > complexity is still manageable, and Linux has never been more stable. yeah, right. I'm not sure what you are smoking but I'll avoid your dealer. Your politics are showing, Daniel. Try staying focussed on the technical merits and we can have a discussion. Otherwise you just get ignored. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - 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/