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Re: RT patch acceptance

From:  Lee Revell <rlrevell-AT-joe-job.com>
To:  "K.R. Foley" <kr-AT-cybsft.com>
Subject:  Re: RT patch acceptance
Date:  Tue, 24 May 2005 20:45:29 -0400
Cc:  "Bill Huey (hui)" <bhuey-AT-lnxw.com>, Daniel Walker <dwalker-AT-mvista.com>, Nick Piggin <nickpiggin-AT-yahoo.com.au>, Ingo Molnar <mingo-AT-elte.hu>, Christoph Hellwig <hch-AT-infradead.org>, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, akpm-AT-osdl.org, sdietrich-AT-mvista.com
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On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 19:32 -0500, K.R. Foley wrote:
> The only question I would ask of you is this: What will be different in
> 6 months? The patch may be a bit different, it may be a lot different.
> However, it probably won't be that much more rung out than it is today
> until more people start beating on it. This probably won't happen until
> it is merged. :-)
> 

All of the Linux audio oriented distributions are already shipping -RT
kernels, and most of the serious Linux audio users who use general
purpose distros are running it.  That's a few thousand people running it
24/7 for months, and it's been at least a month since any of these users
found a real bug in -RT.

Lee



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