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From: Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>
To: Michael Rothwell <rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI)
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Hi Michael,

On Wed, 08 Nov 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote:
> Sounds great; unfortunately, the core group has spoken out against a
> modular kernel.
> 
> Perhaps IBM should get together with SGI, HP and other interested
> parties and start an Advanced Linux Kernel Project. Then they can
> run off and make their scalable, modular, enterprise kernel and the
> Linus Version can always merge back in features from it.

*Are you crazy?* =:-0 

Proposing proprietary kernel extensions to establish an enterprise
kernel? No thanks!

Greetings
		Christoph

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