Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 10:40:19 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: "Jan B. Koum" <jkb@best.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hey kernel hackers, this is worth a read. Message-ID: <37A48683.C880E374@gorean.org> References: <10379.933393489@zippy.cdrom.com> <19990801014404.A8006@best.com>
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"Jan B. Koum" wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 08:58:09PM -0700, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> wrote: > > http://features.linuxtoday.com/stories/8191.html > >From the article: > > "Linux 2.4 also includes a completely rewritten networking layer." > > Great. After a few years from now when they get all the bugs out, they > will be right back to the quality of early 4.4BSD quality ;) > > However, the SMP stuff they are working on is something we need IMHO. Agreed on both counts. I also like the idea of shorter turnover time between major branches. We've already got a pretty considerable amount of stuff that can't be ported back to -Stable without major headaches. It's not always easy to know exactly where to draw the line, but I think that the move from 3->4 should probably take less time than the move from 2->3 did. Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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