Re: What i would like to see in upcoming kernel releases...

["Matthias Urlichs" <smurf@noris.de>]

Hi,

Dominik Kubla:
> 1. Raw-I/O:
>    Yes, we had lengthy discussions about this one.  But face it folks:
>    Raw-I/O is a de-facto standard of all Unix-like systems, with the
>    notable exception of Linux.  And they are a definite must for HA
>    databases.

For me, a HA database is located on a *stable* box with a RAID-5 array and
a UPS. If it doesn't crash, you don't need committed writes and suchlike.

> 3. Log-structuered and/or journaled filesystem:
>    There has been lots of talk about those two as well.  They are
>    a definite must for HA systems.

Same here -- if the box doesn't crash in the first place, you don't need a
fast fsck. ;-)

I don't want to start this particular religious war, but there really _are_
two sides to these issues. :-/

> 5. A complete and bug-free console terminal emulation (not the "linux"
>    crap, but rather a complete VT220 emulation). Again BSD shows us how
>    it is done.
> 
You need more than the console gives you, you do it in software. "screen"
shows you how to do that.

> 1. ISDN:
>    Right now the ISDN stuff in 2.2.0 is unusable.  And the SPARC patches
>    scheduled for 2.2.1 and the ISDN code from the ISDN4Linux CVS server

2.2.2, actually.

>    And we desperately need a tuning-guide to Linux!
> 
Right. In spades.

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