Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754317AbXEGKfc (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2007 06:35:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754322AbXEGKfc (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2007 06:35:32 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:42296 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754311AbXEGKfb (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2007 06:35:31 -0400 X-Authenticated: #14349625 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/tGzNoRM7ti5sh7fN4k7WKn8xo7Xs+HTnl/Xo2Zx +n8d0TP4X60x/I Subject: Re: [patch] CFS scheduler, -v9 From: Mike Galbraith To: Daniel Phillips Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Con Kolivas , Nick Piggin , Arjan van de Ven , Peter Williams , Thomas Gleixner , caglar@pardus.org.tr, Willy Tarreau , Gene Heskett , Mark Lord , buddabrod , Balbir Singh In-Reply-To: <4d47a5d10705070302k3f081074k89f0122cee7ae2e@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070503140911.GA21916@elte.hu> <4d47a5d10705070302k3f081074k89f0122cee7ae2e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 12:35:23 +0200 Message-Id: <1178534123.25291.10.camel@Homer.simpson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1229 Lines: 31 On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 03:02 -0700, Daniel Phillips wrote: > Hi Ingo, > > I just thought I would mention this, because it is certainly on my > mind. I can't help > wondering if other folks are also concerned about this. The thing is, > why don't you > just send your patches to Con who got this whole ball rolling and did a bunch of > great work, proving beyond any reasonable doubt that he is capable of > maintaining > this subsystem, whatever algorithm is finally adopted? Are you worried that Con > might steal your thunder? That somehow the scheduler is yours alone? That you > might be perceived as less of a genius if somebody else gets credit > for their good > work? NIH? > > My perception is that you barged in to take over just when Con got things moving > after the scheduler sat and rotted for several years. If that is in > any way accurate, > then shame on you. Nice flame bait. There's a hell of a lot I could say about this, but I'll just leave it. -Mike - 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/