Re: Fedora 7 Test Update: kernel-2.6.21-1.3255.fc7

[Dave Jones <davej redhat com>]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 07:09:57PM -0600, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
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 > Dave Jones wrote:
 > > .21 still has quite a few rough edges.  The current plan is to move
 > > straight to .22 for FC6 shortly after it's release.
 > > I'm assuming you're after the tickless work?  Still unsure whether to
 > > enable that by default as an FC6 update.  Perhaps we'll try it for
 > > the first test update, see what the fallout is like, and if it looks
 > > scary, compile it in, but off-by-default.
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 > Ok that is good to know. Just as long as how to enable the tickless
 > option is documented.
 > 
 > So what would be the expected fallout from that option being enabled?
 > Are there things that you know that would definitely break?

Timers are pretty fundamental to a working kernel, so it could manifest
itself in numerous ways.  Right down to 'doesnt boot'.

	Dave

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