----- Original Message ----- > Hi All, > > My apologies for sending this out so late compared to the other > product queries. I will simply claim that I hope the current Fedora > kernel is already meeting desktop/workstation needs and my delay was > partially because of that ;). > > At any rate, the kernel team would like to know what you see as the > requirements for the Workstation product. Thus far the discussions > with the other product groups has mostly centered around packaging > changes. I would imagine Workstation doesn't particularly suffer from > anything in the current packaging, and could likely share a common > packaging scheme with Server for the most part. However, if that > isn't the case please let us know what you'd like to see from a > packaging standpoint, keeping in mind we want a single main kernel > package across all 3 products as much as possible. > > On IRC, Matthias mentioned some issues around interactivity and I/O. > If there are other things like that, please speak to those as well. Is this supposed to be a wishlist, or a list of things that should carry on working/possible release blockers? For the former, on top of my head: - Production-ready btrfs with the ability to export those snapshots over the network (I've asked about this before, got no answer) or, - directory hard link support for ext4 (probably hidden behind a mount option with warnings and bells) - "time" changes up the directory chain when something changes (eg. if something changes in /foo/bar/baz, a timestamp on /foo will be changed) - Export of "wake reason" when the system wakes up (rtc alarm, lid open, etc.) These would probably be necessary to implement a highly integrated backup system. - User-space helper for the OOM killer (http://lwn.net/Articles/552789/) - Whatever is necessary to implement "LinuxApps" containers (overlayfs would be nice for example: http://lwn.net/Articles/542707/) - an hibernation implementation that doesn't use the swap space (interactivity sucking when there's a run-away process, or hibernation? choose...) - memory compression enabled by default on certain classes of hardware (fast enough CPU) - better documentation for waking up machines via USB (how do I wake up a machine using a Bluetooth keyboard? How can I keep a USB socket powered to charge a device, etc.) - USB "Gadget" support (using a machine as a WWAN modem, MTP device, or hard disk) for another machine. That's a first pass, and more than enough to keep the kernel guys busy for a little while :) Cheers _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
