linux-kernel - Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1

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Date:	Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:59:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jonathan Jessup <jonathanjessup@...il.com>,
	Grzegorz Kulewski <kangur@...com.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ck@....kolivas.org, lkml@...anurb.dk
Subject: Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1


On Jul 28 2007 22:51, Diego Calleja wrote:
>El Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:05:25 -0700 (PDT), Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> escribió:
>
>> So "modal" things are good for fixing behaviour in the short run. But they 
>> are a total disaster in the long run, and even in the short run they tend 
>> to have problems (simply because there will be cases that straddle the 
>> line, and show some of _both_ issues, and now *neither* mode is the right 
>> one)
>
>I fully agree with this, but plugsched could have avoided this useless "division"
>on the topic of SD vs CFS. IMO that counts as an advantage, too ;)
>

It's like CONFIG_HZ - more or less often debated, and now we have everyone
happy by giving them the choice.




	Jan
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