Re: Fwd: [RFC, Announce] Unified x86 architecture, arch/x86

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Tue Jul 24 2007 - 12:40:44 EST



On Jul 21 2007 23:17, . . wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: . . <kerdezdmeg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Jul 21, 2007 11:08 PM
> Subject: [RFC, Announce] Unified x86 architecture, arch/x86
> To: tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: torvalds@xxxxxxxx, akpm@xxxxxxxx, ak@xxxxxxx, mingo@xxxxxxx,
> arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi all!
>
> [please CC me]
>
> I think, for this time is te good, for starting the 2.7-tree. I know,
> thet is the old question, but has everything in his favour:
> * arch unifie (i386 + x86_84 -> x86)
> * new virtualisation technik (xen, kvm, lguest)
> * new FS (ext4, reiser4)
> * new cpu-scheduler (CFS)
> * soo many patch in -mm tree
> * subsystem modifications

So what? Interesting stuff got merged in 2.6.16, .18, .20, .22,
and perhaps many others inbetween. Nothing stands out.

And since you seem to know better, what would trigger
a 2.8 release, and _when_?


Jan
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