Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 03:12:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 03:12:12 -0500 Received: from marine.sonic.net ([208.201.224.37]:48936 "HELO marine.sonic.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 03:11:59 -0500 X-envelope-info: Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 00:11:24 -0800 From: Mike Castle To: LKML Subject: Re: State of the new config & build system Message-ID: <20011229081124.GD14067@thune.mrc-home.com> Reply-To: Mike Castle Mail-Followup-To: Mike Castle , LKML In-Reply-To: <9467.1009601050@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> <1009611737.1434.14.camel@stomata.megapathdsl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 12:02:07AM -0800, Nicholas Knight wrote: > The performance problem is fixed by a rewrite, which will be done > shortly after its merge, thus, what is the point of merging now? You > don't seem to be reading either my message nor Keith's. Did you catch the point, mentioned several times, that Keith needs to be relieved of the duty of constantly re-syncing the the patch so that he has time to do the rewrite. That is the point of merging now. Otherwise you'll never get the speed-up you're whining about. mrc -- Mike Castle dalgoda@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all different"); -- gcc - 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/