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Re: [announce] [patch] limiting IRQ load, irq-rewrite-2.4.11-B5

To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [announce] [patch] limiting IRQ load, irq-rewrite-2.4.11-B5
From: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 07:50:32 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxxx>, <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Simon Kirby <sim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Ingo Molnar wrote:

>
> On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Ben Greear wrote:
>
> > > so far your appraoch is that of a shotgun i.e  "let me fire in
> > > that crowd and i'll hit my target but dont care if i take down a few
> > > more"; regardless of how noble the reasoning is, it's  as Linus described
> > > it -- a sledge hammer.
> >
> > Aye, but by shooting this target and getting a few bystanders, you save
> > everyone else...  (And it's only a flesh wound!!)
>
> especially considering that the current code nukes the whole city ;)
>

Ingo, cut down on the bad mushrooms ;->

cheers,
jamal


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