Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:53:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Alan Mayer <ajm@sgi.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Alan Mayer <ajm@sgi.com>, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
       linux-kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>, Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>,
       Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com>
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> i think you got it right, yes. But ... this is just a quick first-look 
> suggestion from me, YMMV. Maybe you find a way to do it much easier to 
> just convert everything at once. I tend to do things more gradually, in 
> my experience it's very hard and time-consuming to change the world all 
> at once - it's hard both to you the developer (you dont know whether it 
> works until you have a very substantial amount of code written - while 
> in a more gradual approach it can be converted one by one perhaps) - and 
> it's hard for users and fellow kernel hackers.
> 
> 	Ingo
> 

I think I'll take a crack at it.  Doing it in phases means I can invest
a little less time and still give everyone a chance to see if they like
it.  And, the initial stuff seems like the area where people will be the
most likely to have problems and/or suggestions.  I have no idea how
long it will take to get something out there.  Stay tuned.

		--ajm


Lately it occurs to me,
What a long, strange trip it's been.
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Alan J. Mayer
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