> that (at least for now) no *MAJOR* "rip it out, stomp on it, burn it and > start over" parts of the kernel exist any longer? In other words, do you
These ideas continue to exist. This is partly due to increasing skills of developers but also to the changing environment. You'll find literally scores of commits that say 'this was a good idea when were were limited to 1024 filedescriptor' or the like. I think the tty layer has been ready to be ripped out and replaced for the past 10 years though. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://netherlabs.nl Open and Closed source services - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
