linux-kernel - Re: Please revert 21564fd2a3deb48200b595332f9ed4c9f311f2a7

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:39:53 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: Please revert 21564fd2a3deb48200b595332f9ed4c9f311f2a7

On Monday 09 July 2007 11:32:23 Alan Cox wrote:
> > It will be solved differently longer term, but short term the fix
> > was still needed. There are limits on what can be done late 
> > in the release cycle so simple patches win.
> > 
> > Besides none of the "NAK"s were particularly inspired in my opinion;
> > there were no clear technical objections brought forward.
> 
> 
> There were a considerable number of sensible logical objections. You just
> didn't agree with them.

Well they didn't offer a workable alternative (that's my definition for "not 
particularly inspired")

> You've now effectively made .22 unsupportable 
> since we don't know if someone has binary virtualiser crap loaded.

What binary virtualiser crap? 

The most common external patchers are probably root kits and those
don't really care about GPL or non GPL exports.

-Andi
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