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

[Chuck Ebbert <cebbert redhat com>]

On 07/06/2007 09:16 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
>  > > 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.
>  > 
>  > 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'.

Enabling tickless will definitely break someone's machine. Somewhere.
If people want that feature they should upgrade to Fedora 7.  :-)