Re: 2.2.x instabilities

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:34:44 +0100 (BST)


> 1. when can we expect the large fdset support in the mainstream kernel?

2.3.x. I sent it to Linus once for 2.3.x and he's moaning about things, some
of which are quite valid items and need fixing for a clean merge

> 2. if not soon, can the large fdset support be split into a separate
> patch so that large production sites don't have to run potentially
> dangerous kernels to get large fdset support?

I dont see this being a real problem now. 2.2.9ac is subtracting stuff
not adding it on the whole. Im pushing interesting stuff into 2.3.x instead.

But it can be maintained seperately. I'm not doing it however

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