linux-kernel - Re: Would SSI clustering extensions be of interest to kernel community?

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Date:	Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:54:01 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Constantine Gavrilov <constg@...sters.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Would SSI clustering extensions be of interest to kernel
	community?

Ar Llu, 2006-10-16 am 14:49 +0200, ysgrifennodd Constantine Gavrilov:
> 2) Are kernel maintainers interested in clustering extensions to Linux 
> kernel? Do they see any value in them? (Our code does not require kernel 
> changes, but we are willing to submit it for inclusion if there is 
> interest.)

If they are doing SSI well and do not need core kernel changes then yes
they sound very interesting to me. Historically the big concern has
always been that things like this muck up the kernel core which affects
the other 99.99999% of users who don't want SSI clustering.

Alan

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