Fedora 7 Test Update: kernel-2.6.21-1.3255.fc7
Chuck Ebbert
cebbert at redhat.com
Mon Jul 9 22:40:29 UTC 2007
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. :-)
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