[rescue] Re: G5 case

Peter Corlett abuse at cabal.org.uk
Wed Jun 25 11:22:00 CDT 2003


Phil Stracchino <alaric at caerllewys.net> wrote:
[...]
> And it must be pointed out that the 2.2, 2.0, and 1.2 kernels had similar
> teething troubles in the first few releases. Characterizing the 2.4 kernel
> as a "fiasco" is completely false.

Yes, but in the earlier series of stable kernels, they weren't doing active
development on it replacing large chunks of the core infrastructure. But in
2.4, the VM subsystem was ripped out and replaced with a new one, and the
kernel developers aren't exactly convinced that the new one is better.

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