Re: Linux Buffer Cache Does Not Support Mirroring

Jes Sorensen (Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch)
03 Nov 1999 09:31:33 +0100


>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff V Merkey <jmerkey@timpanogas.com> writes:

Jeff> Yes. But lots of folks are still using it (including me)
Jeff> because it's stable as a rock. 2.2 is almost there from a
Jeff> maturation standpoint. It's had a lot of good soak time. We
Jeff> always try to support everything that's out there within a four
Jeff> year window, so that's why we will still support it.

Thats possible, however nobody will use 2.0.x if they want performance
or are running serious production on SMP systems. If I remember
correctly Alan said he was only going to do 2.0.39 in case security
problems arise, no more driver updates.

Jes

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