On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 19:02 -0400, Brian R Cowan wrote: > If you can explain how pulling that ONE change can cause the performance > issue to essentially disappear, I'd be more than happy to *try* to get a > 2.6.30 test environment configured. Getting ClearCase to *install* on > kernel.org kernels is a non-trivial operation, requiring modifications to > install scripts, module makefiles, etc. Then there is the issue of > verifying that nothing else is impacted, all before I can begin to do this > test. We're talking days here. > > To be blunt, I'd need something I can take to a manager who will ask me > why I'm spending so much time on an issue when we "already have the > cause." It's simple: you are the one asking for a change to the established kernel behaviour, so you get to justify that change. Saying "it breaks clearcase on RHEL-5" is not a justification, and I won't accept to ack the change. Trond -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
