Re: [ANNOUNCE] 3.4.10-rt7

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Mon Jul 07 2014 - 10:55:00 EST


On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 14:47 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Dear RT Folks,
>
> I'm pleased to announce the 3.14.10-rt7 release. 3.14.10-rt6 is a not
> announced update to 3.14.10 without any RT changes aside of resolving
> the patch conflicts.
>
> Changes since 3.14.10-rt6:
>
> * Do not clear PF_NO_SETAFFINITY flag in select_fallback_rq() -
> from Steven
>
> * Prevent workqueue deadlock/stall observed with XFS
>
>
> A few words on the status and the future of RT:
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> The situation since last years RTLWS (https://lwn.net/Articles/572740/)
> has not improved at all, it's worse than before.
>
> While shortly after RTLWS quite some people promised to whip up proper
> funding, nothing has materialized and my personal situation is worse
> than before.

Sorry to hear that funding hasn't as yet happened.

> I'm really tired of all the politics involved, the blantant lies and
> the marketing bullshit which I have to bear. I learned a few month ago
> that a certain kernel vendor invented most of RT anyway and is the
> expert in this field, so the customers dont have to worry about my
> statements.

Wow, so someone thinks their customers either can't or won't read. That
kind of marketing can backfire in a big way.

-Mike


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