On 3/30/09, James Carlson <james.d.carl...@sun.com> wrote:
> ольга крыжановская writes:
>  > On 3/23/09, James Carlson <james.d.carl...@sun.com> wrote:
>  > > ольга крыжановская writes:
>  > >  > Who closed this bug? This is *not* a duplicate of 6820733. 6820733 is
>  > >  > for brandz and 6820737 is for the Solaris kernel.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I did.  Fixing 6820733 implies bumping up the number of RT signals for
>  > >  all, and the only known user is a Linux application, so I don't see a
>  > >  point in having multiple RFEs outstanding.
>  >
>  > One rfe was for the Linux emulation layer and one rfe was for the
>  > Solaris kernel. Separate entities with a dependency but they are
>  > separate reports.
>
>
> OK.  That wasn't actually stated in the problem description.
>
>  I've updated the problem description to indicate which one is which.

Thank you.

>  > >  If nobody needs more than 8 RT signals on regular (non-BrandZ) Solaris
>  > >  -- and nobody has described such a need
>  >
>  > CERN search returns
>  > 
> http://cernintranet.web.cern.ch/lists/devel/sysadmin/2006-April/028611.html:
>
>
> DNS reports NXDOMAIN for that host.  I'm unable to look at that
>  report, though I'd like to do so.

AFAIK you need to be within CERN to access that page, although only
the search engine cache works with dialup right now.

>  > > ...I filed a rfe via our sun platin contract but after four weeks
>  > > the sun guy came back and said they have no resources to do it...
>
>
> Where's the CR number?

The email has no bug number. I've send Janne Saarela an email to request it.

>  I'm afraid I see no evidence that anyone ever filed such a request, at
>  least according to our bug tracking system, which makes the above
>  statement seem a bit less likely.

Why? CERN staff tell lies or what?

>  > >  Would there be a point in bumping up the number of available RT
>  > >  signals for regular Solaris alone, without addressing BrandZ?
>  >
>  > Yes. We wouldn't need a Linux emulation in this case.
>
>
> OK.  It wasn't clear whether the application was simply Linux-only and
>  thus the extra RT signals were potentially needed only for that
>  environment or whether the BrandZ usage was just a failed attempt at
>  getting the functionality needed.

Failed attempt.
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