To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM
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	<20050104182010.GA15254@infradead.org>
From: "Jack O'Quin" <joq@io.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:55:15 -0600
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Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> writes:

> Which still doesn't mean it's the right design.  And no, I don't
> need the feature so I won't write it.  If you want a certain feature
> it's up to you to implement it in a way that's considered mergeable.

Which is what I have done.  I worked on it because no "real" kernel
developer seemed willing to solve it.  Having worked on other kernels
in an "earlier lifetime", I have *no* desire to do that any more.  I
would much rather write audio software.

But, the lack of this feature has been a continual impediment for
years now.  It affects not just me, but most other serious Linux audio
developers and many of our users.  We need a simple way for users to
configure a Digital Audio Workstation without having to run large,
complex, insecure audio applications as `root'.  Our competition runs
on Windows and Mac systems where no such configuration is needed.

Statements of the form "had I cared enough to do something about this
problem, I would have implemented it differently" are not much help.
This patch is small and clean.  It meshes with existing kernel LSM
mechanisms.  It solves a real problem affecting many Linux desktop
users.

I respectfully request that it be accepted for inclusion in 2.6.11.
-- 
  joq
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