Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 14:03:41 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: "Jan B. Koum" <jkb@best.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hey kernel hackers, this is worth a read. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908011355120.88922-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <37A48683.C880E374@gorean.org>
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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Doug wrote: > "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. Aye, and it shall. The 3.X branch should be the -STABLE branch for only about a bit more than a year total, IIRC :) But 4.0 should also include things that aren't even here yet, like pccard rewrites and the redone VFS, maybe a rewrite of ipfw if we can agree on that, the IPv6 stacks being merged in, PAO changes being accepted into the main branch (at least some of them), finer-grained SMP (probably per-subsystem)... The turnaround time will be less, but we'll still have a LOT of great new things :) > > Doug > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Brian Fundakowski Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@FreeBSD.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \._ \ |) | http://www.FreeBSD.org/ _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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