Re: [alsa-devel] Re: Scheduling latencies news: less RAM = less

Christopher T. Lansdown (lansdoct@screech.cs.alfred.edu)
Sun, 1 Aug 1999 00:40:36 -0400 (EDT)

Mr. Torvalds,
I understand that you are a very busy man, but would it be
possible for you to take a few moments to explain the following statement?
I'm very interested for your reasons - it's not often that one gets to
hear OS design theory from someone who maintains/develops/architects a
real, working, useful OS kernel. I'm sure that many other CS students
would be greatful for an explanation on this as well (not to mention those
who thought that a pre-emptable kernel would be a good thing). Thank
you.

> Pre-emptable kernels are stupid, and anybody who thinks otherwise needs
> to get his head examined.

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