Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268729AbUI2R17 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:27:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268652AbUI2R17 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:27:59 -0400 Received: from ztxmail04.ztx.compaq.com ([161.114.1.208]:55048 "EHLO ztxmail04.ztx.compaq.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268729AbUI2RZm convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:25:42 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: patch so cciss stats are collected in /proc/stat Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:25:33 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: patch so cciss stats are collected in /proc/stat Thread-Index: AcSmRb+w1myZlquDSHWjs7oKBOL++gAAzRhQ From: "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" To: "Andreas Haumer" , Cc: "Christoph Hellwig" , , , , , "Baker, Brian (ISS - Houston)" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Sep 2004 17:25:34.0507 (UTC) FILETIME=[53FC17B0:01C4A649] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2148 Lines: 62 > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 18:29, Miller, Mike (OS Dev) wrote: > > > > > >>>This patch has been reject about half a million times, why > are people > >>>submitting it again and again? > >> > >>As I said in my mail, it's a customer driven issue. As long > as customers rely on /proc/stat we'll keep trying. You can't > tell a customer how he/she should be doing things on their systems. > > > > > > I doubt you have many customers using 2.4.28.... I suspect > that by now > > the majority of people is either using an (ancient) 2.4 > vendor kernel or > > a 2.6 kernel. The very low number of reports on lkml about > 2.4 seems to > > confirm that ... > > "25% of accidents are caused by drunken drivers. That means > 75% of accidents are caused by drivers which did not drink. > So why keep people complaining about alcohol and driving?" > > Is that what you mean? You must be kidding! > > The majority of _our_ customers are using 2.4.x kernels > (x beeing in the range from 19 to 28pre3) and it looks like > it will stay that for quite a while... > > - - andreas > > PS: I know this is somewhat off topic, but I just want to raise > my voice if I get the impression kernel developers forget about > the "real world outside". I will shut up in a moment! Thank you! Thank you, Andreas. I forgot to mention that very salient point! mikem > > - -- > Andreas Haumer | mailto:andreas@xss.co.at > *x Software + Systeme | http://www.xss.co.at/ > Karmarschgasse 51/2/20 | Tel: +43-1-6060114-0 > A-1100 Vienna, Austria | Fax: +43-1-6060114-71 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFBWum9xJmyeGcXPhERArzMAKCYhHvVvwpFObCzrPby2qY9u9MURQCgrelJ > BpeZ2tG8zw0po/5ByYKFuZk= > =RlQc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > - 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/