Re: 2.4: Any plans for new bootmem and waitq patches?

William Lee Irwin III (wli@holomorphy.com)
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:32:22 -0700


On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 12:13:53AM +0200, Dieter N?tzel wrote:
> Hello,
> I did some tests with bootmem-2.4.17-pre6 and waitq-2.4.17-mainline-1 (don't
> know who wrote it in the first place) on top of 2.4.17-preX with good
> results.
> Are there any plans to get this into 2.4 mainline?
> Thanks,
> Dieter
> BTW waitq-2.4.17-mainline-1 do not apply to latest kernel versions.

Well, I wrote both.

The bootmem patch's benefits are not very visible (if at all) for
machines other than simulators and some unusual large systems. I
am not pressing for its inclusion in mainline for the basic reason
that what it addresses does not affect the systems I'm using anymore,
if only because the systems changed. =)

The waitqueue patch has been integrated into both mainline 2.4 and 2.5.

Cheers,
Bill
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