linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8][RFC] IO latency/throughput fixes

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Message-ID: <20090408120440.GD768@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:04:40 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>, Hua Zhong <hzhong@...il.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8][RFC] IO latency/throughput fixes


* Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com> wrote:

> On Martes 07 Abril 2009 12:36:11 Ingo Molnar escribió:
> > Since besides myself i'm not aware of any other person on this 
> > planet actually _booting_ allyes/allmod Linux kernels, i guess this 
> > is not a big issue anyway :-)
> 
> IIRC once I tried to boot an allyes kernel and it oopsed, because 
> (i think) the probing routines of some drivers have never been 
> tested in machines that do not have the corresponding hardware. So 
> I doubt someoneone is using it ;)

Yes, i mapped those out gradually and disabled them. I've been 
test-booting such allyesconfig 32-bit and 64-bit kernels ever since 
then - for the past 2 years or so.

	Ingo
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