Rik van Riel

Main Quotes Index

Issue #307, Section #5 (26�Apr�2005:�Linus No Longer Using BitKeeper; Creates 'git' Replacement)
Issue #294, Section #2 (2�Feb�2005:�Some Debate On The Development Model)
Issue #284, Section #5 (17�Nov�2004:�Some Discussion Of The 2.6 Development Model)
Issue #284, Section #8 (17�Nov�2004:�New Virtual cputime For Micro-Second Accounting)
Issue #283, Section #6 (6�Nov�2004:�Forward-Porting 2.4 VM Out-Of-Memory Features To 2.6)
Issue #275, Section #8 (2�Oct�2004:�Linux 2.6.8.1-mm2 Released; Includes Reiser4)
Issue #274, Section #9 (18�Sep�2004:�RSS ulimit Enforcement For 2.6)
Issue #273, Section #5 (6�Sep�2004:�Allowing Non-Root User To mlock Memory)
Issue #273, Section #6 (6�Sep�2004:�Token-Based Thrashing Control)
Issue #273, Section #8 (6�Sep�2004:�Linux 2.6.8-rc2-mm2 Released)
Issue #263, Section #16 (14�Jun�2004:�Kernel Mailing List Marked As Spammer By SpamCop)
Issue #256, Section #2 (2�Apr�2004:�Proposal: A Layered Kernel)
Issue #254, Section #9 (19�Mar�2004:�Module Debugging And Documentation)
Issue #251, Section #18 (9�Feb�2004:�Kernel Sub-Project Mailing List Posting Policies)
Issue #251, Section #35 (9�Feb�2004:�Cooperative Linux: Running Linux Under Windows And Other Systems)
Issue #248, Section #23 (20�Jan�2004:�Fair Scheduling In 2.4)
Issue #244, Section #3 (8�Dec�2003:�Linux 2.6.0-test11 Released; Andrew Morton Official Maintainer)
Issue #235, Section #8 (24�Oct�2003:�Possible Linksys GPL Violations: The Saga Continues)
Issue #228, Section #4 (17�Aug�2003:�Setting Per-User Resource Limits)
Issue #224, Section #4 (30�Jul�2003:�Expected Changes From 2.4 To 2.6)
Issue #222, Section #4 (10�Jul�2003:�Explanations Of Various Kernel Trees)
Issue #219, Section #10 (16�Jun�2003:�procps Maintainership Still Contentious)
Issue #219, Section #15 (16�Jun�2003:�Limits On Maximum Swap Space For 2.4 And 2.5)
Issue #208, Section #1 (7�Mar�2003:�Minutes From Kernel Conference Call)
Issue #207, Section #5 (2�Mar�2003:�Kernel Errata List)
Issue #207, Section #14 (2�Mar�2003:�Some Users Unhappy With Kernel Code Written Under NDA)
Issue #206, Section #2 (23�Feb�2003:�Accessing The BitKeeper Tree Without BitKeeper)
Issue #199, Section #5 (6�Jan�2003:�Possible Violation Of GPL By TimeSys)
Issue #198, Section #6 (30�Dec�2002:�Kernel IRC Discussions)
Issue #196, Section #15 (16�Dec�2002:�procps 2.0.11 Released)
Issue #195, Section #5 (9�Dec�2002:�Setting Per-User Resource Limits)
Issue #194, Section #18 (2�Dec�2002:�Reverse-Mapping Virtual Memory Subsystem)
Issue #191, Section #9 (11�Nov�2002:�New Open POSIX Test Suite)
Issue #190, Section #2 (28�Oct�2002:�Hard-To-Track Bugs Caused By Obscure Global Symbols)
Issue #190, Section #6 (28�Oct�2002:�Maintainers List)
Issue #189, Section #2 (20�Oct�2002:�BitKeeper Licensing Discussion)
Issue #189, Section #4 (20�Oct�2002:�procps Maintainership Conflict)
Issue #189, Section #10 (20�Oct�2002:�Maintainer List)
Issue #187, Section #14 (6�Oct�2002:�procps 2.0.8 Released)
Issue #186, Section #1 (29�Sep�2002:�VM Subsystem Necessitating User-Space Changes; Favorite Kernel Trees)
Issue #185, Section #3 (22�Sep�2002:�Status Of XFS In 2.5)
Issue #185, Section #8 (22�Sep�2002:�Handling Out-Of-Memory Conditions)
Issue #185, Section #15 (22�Sep�2002:�Maintainer List)
Issue #185, Section #18 (22�Sep�2002:�Multiple kswapd Processes On A Single Machine)
Issue #185, Section #28 (22�Sep�2002:�Benchmarking Tool 'contest' Version 0.30 Released)
Issue #184, Section #14 (15�Sep�2002:�iowait Statistics Added To /proc/stat In 2.5)
Issue #182, Section #13 (1�Sep�2002:�Status Of DRM Driver In 2.4 And 2.5)
Issue #181, Section #16 (25�Aug�2002:�IDE Maintainership Troubles; IDE Work Delayed Until 2.7)
Issue #181, Section #23 (25�Aug�2002:�Maintainer List)
Issue #181, Section #24 (25�Aug�2002:�Status Of 2.4 Virtual Memory Subsystem)
Issue #180, Section #9 (18�Aug�2002:�Daily Snapshots Of The Unstable Series)
Issue #180, Section #15 (18�Aug�2002:�Maintainer List)
Issue #180, Section #23 (18�Aug�2002:�VM Regress: Benchmarking The VM Subsystem)
Issue #178, Section #18 (4�Aug�2002:�Help Sought For Linux Weekly News)
Issue #177, Section #2 (28�Jul�2002:�Some Discussion Of The 2.6 Release Schedule)
Issue #177, Section #3 (28�Jul�2002:�New VM Subsystem Lieutenant)
Issue #176, Section #7 (21�Jul�2002:�Status Of Status)
Issue #175, Section #11 (14�Jul�2002:�New rmap Patch For The VM Subsystem)
Issue #174, Section #3 (7�Jul�2002:�#kernelnewbies Moves To A Different IRC Network)
Issue #168, Section #1 (26�May�2002:�Status Of 2.5 VM, ext3, And IDE Code)
Issue #160, Section #4 (1�Apr�2002:�SSSCA Discussion)
Issue #159, Section #2 (25�Mar�2002:�Some Developers Unhappy With BitKeeper License)
Issue #158, Section #3 (18�Mar�2002:�Seeking A Free Alternative To BitKeeper)
Issue #158, Section #4 (18�Mar�2002:�Arranging BitKeeper Repositories)
Issue #157, Section #3 (11�Mar�2002:�Handling Release Errors)
Issue #156, Section #1 (4�Mar�2001:�Developers Impressed By Changelog; Developer Conflict)
Issue #156, Section #5 (4�Mar�2001:�BitKeeper: The Saga Continues)
Issue #156, Section #8 (4�Mar�2001:�Microkernel)
Issue #155, Section #7 (25�Feb�2002:�XFS And rmap)
Issue #155, Section #8 (25�Feb�2002:�BitKeeper Wrangling)
Issue #154, Section #3 (18�Feb�2002:�Linus Continues BitKeeper Test)
Issue #153, Section #4 (11�Feb�2002:�VM Subsystem Documentation)
Issue #153, Section #9 (11�Feb�2002:�Linus Gives BitKeeper A Test Run)
Issue #152, Section #3 (28�Jan�2002:�Status Of 2.5)
Issue #149, Section #1 (7�Jan�2002:�The Scheduler; Development Philosophy; IRC)
Issue #149, Section #2 (7�Jan�2002:�Some Discussion Of Development Philosophy)
Issue #149, Section #9 (7�Jan�2002:�New 2.4 Fork)
Issue #149, Section #10 (7�Jan�2002:�Comparing 2.4 With 2.2)
Issue #147, Section #1 (24�Dec�2001:�The VM Subsystem: The Saga Continues)
Issue #147, Section #5 (24�Dec�2001:�Some Discussion Of Linus' Development Philosophy)
Issue #147, Section #6 (24�Dec�2001:�Developer Unhappiness With Linus)
Issue #146, Section #1 (17�Dec�2001:�Coding Style; Development Philosophy)
Issue #144, Section #4 (3�Dec�2001:�Marcelo Takes Over 2.4)
Issue #144, Section #6 (3�Dec�2001:�Suggestions For Marcelo)
Issue #141, Section #3 (12�Nov�2001:�Andrea's VM Code Performs Better Than Rik's)
Issue #141, Section #5 (12�Nov�2001:�Comparing The 2.2 And 2.4 Virtual Memory Subsystems)
Issue #140, Section #1 (5�Nov�2001:�Al Viro Planning To Fork devfs)
Issue #140, Section #3 (5�Nov�2001:�More Discussion Of Compile-Time VM Selection)
Issue #140, Section #5 (5�Nov�2001:�Alan Leans Toward Andrea's VM)
Issue #139, Section #3 (29�Oct�2001:�More Discussion Of The VM Subsystem)
Issue #138, Section #3 (22�Oct�2001:�Comparing The Two Virtual Memory Subsystems)
Issue #138, Section #6 (22�Oct�2001:�More Discussion Of The VM Changes In 2.4)
Issue #137, Section #1 (15�Oct�2001:�Journalled Filesystem Recommendations)
Issue #137, Section #2 (15�Oct�2001:�More Discussion Of VM Politics)
Issue #136, Section #2 (8�Oct�2001:�Benchmarks And Bug Reports In The New 2.4 VM)
Issue #136, Section #6 (8�Oct�2001:�Work Still Being Done On The Old VM In The -ac Tree)
Issue #135, Section #2 (1�Oct�2001:�Some Discussion Of 2.4 Virtual Memory Subsystem)
Issue #135, Section #4 (1�Oct�2001:�Virtual Memory Subsystem Rewritten In 2.4!)
Issue #135, Section #11 (1�Oct�2001:�U.S. Anti-Terrorism Laws)
Issue #133, Section #5 (17�Sep�2001:�Developers Respond To Question About Binary-Only Code)
Issue #126, Section #6 (16�Jul�2001:�Per-Process Memory Limits)
Issue #125, Section #3 (9�Jul�2001:�Some Patch Confusion)
Issue #123, Section #5 (25�Jun�2001:�Linux 2.4.6-pre3)
Issue #120, Section #5 (28�May�2001:�Device Numbers; Developer Discontent)
Issue #118, Section #7 (14�May�2001:�Hot-Swapping CPUs And RAM)
Issue #115, Section #1 (23�Apr�2001:�linux-kernel Spam Filter Debate)
Issue #114, Section #10 (16�Apr�2001:�Major System Slowdown Reproducible Under 2.4.3)
Issue #113, Section #6 (30�Mar�2001:�Amount Of Swap To Use In 2.4)
Issue #111, Section #1 (16�Mar�2001:�Patch To Improve Virtual Memory Throughput)
Issue #111, Section #9 (16�Mar�2001:�Still Not Ready For 2.5)
Issue #110, Section #6 (9�Mar�2001:�Mosix In The Standard Kernel)
Issue #109, Section #10 (2�Mar�2001:�2.4 VM Improvement Over 2.2; Status Of VM)
Issue #108, Section #4 (23�Feb�2001:�The VM Subsystem In 2.4)
Issue #106, Section #14 (9�Feb�2001:�Linux-MM Subsystem Uses Bugzilla)
Issue #104, Section #2 (26�Jan�2001:�Greater 2.4 Swap Requirements)
Issue #104, Section #3 (26�Jan�2001:�Dealing With Spammers)
Issue #104, Section #11 (26�Jan�2001:�2.4 Series Changelogs)
Issue #103, Section #4 (19�Jan�2001:�Driver Submission Policy For 2.2)
Issue #103, Section #6 (19�Jan�2001:�MM/VM Todo List)
Issue #103, Section #9 (19�Jan�2001:�Patch Submission Policy For 2.4)
Issue #103, Section #10 (19�Jan�2001:�Bug In 2.4.0 Virtual Memory Subsystem)
Issue #102, Section #2 (12�Jan�2001:�Tove)
Issue #102, Section #9 (12�Jan�2001:�ac Patches Against 2.4.0-prerelease)
Issue #102, Section #10 (12�Jan�2001:�Rik And Andrea: As The Saga Turns)
Issue #102, Section #11 (12�Jan�2001:�Preemption Patch For 2.4.0-prerelease)
Issue #102, Section #25 (12�Jan�2001:�"VM: do_try_to_free_pages" Lockups: The Saga Ends Peacefully)
Issue #101, Section #4 (8�Jan�2001:�Repetive Strain Injuries)
Issue #101, Section #5 (8�Jan�2001:�PowerPC Tree Out Of Date)
Issue #100, Section #4 (1�Jan�2001:�kapmd Hogging The CPU: The Saga Continues)
Issue #99, Section #2 (25�Dec�2000:�linux-kernel News Gateway Problems)
Issue #99, Section #11 (25�Dec�2000:�Possible Linux Trademark Violation By Sun)
Issue #98, Section #15 (18�Dec�2000:�Running 'swapoff' On Deleted Swapfile)
Issue #97, Section #1 (11�Dec�2000:�Fix For Longtime 2.2 Virtual Memory Bug)
Issue #94, Section #3 (20�Nov�2000:�Approaching 2.4.0)
Issue #94, Section #8 (20�Nov�2000:�Getting Started With Kernel Code)
Issue #92, Section #3 (6�Nov�2000:�Cleaning Up Internal Data Structures)
Issue #91, Section #6 (30�Oct�2000:�'OOM Killer' Code Evaluation)
Issue #91, Section #14 (30�Oct�2000:�Virtual Memory Subsystem Still Shaky)
Issue #90, Section #2 (23�Oct�2000:�Low Latency Patch For 2.4.0-test9)
Issue #90, Section #3 (23�Oct�2000:�VM Looking Good; 'OOM Killer' Discussion)
Issue #89, Section #1 (16�Oct�2000:�'soft updates', Journalling, Crashing Virtual Machines; Linus On Current VM vs. Classzone)
Issue #89, Section #2 (16�Oct�2000:�Assigning 'nice' Values For Disk And Network Activity)
Issue #89, Section #3 (16�Oct�2000:�Virtual Memory Saga Continues)
Issue #89, Section #4 (16�Oct�2000:�Pressure On The New VM)
Issue #89, Section #14 (16�Oct�2000:�First Pre-Release Before 2.4.0-test10)
Issue #88, Section #2 (9�Oct�2000:�The Return Of 'classzone': The VM Saga Continues)
Issue #88, Section #6 (9�Oct�2000:�Linux On AlphaServer GS320)
Issue #88, Section #8 (9�Oct�2000:�More VM Fixes)
Issue #88, Section #11 (9�Oct�2000:�Microsoft Withdraws Linux NTFS Threats)
Issue #87, Section #6 (2�Oct�2000:�Keeping Reserve Pages Available In The New VM)
Issue #87, Section #8 (2�Oct�2000:�Getting Very Close To 2.4.0)
Issue #87, Section #9 (2�Oct�2000:�Deadlock Hiding In New VM)
Issue #87, Section #11 (2�Oct�2000:�New VM May Not Make It Into 2.4)
Issue #86, Section #1 (25�Sep�2000:�Reaching For Full Preemption)
Issue #86, Section #6 (25�Sep�2000:�NFS In 2.2?)
Issue #86, Section #9 (25�Sep�2000:�Using Netware Elevator Ideas In Linux)
Issue #86, Section #12 (25�Sep�2000:�VM Patches Looking Good)
Issue #86, Section #15 (25�Sep�2000:�New VM Goes In 2.4: The Saga Heats Up)
Issue #85, Section #2 (18�Sep�2000:�VM Patches Shaping Up, But Still Not Ready)
Issue #85, Section #3 (18�Sep�2000:�Positive Reports On The Latest VM Patches)
Issue #85, Section #7 (18�Sep�2000:�Still Swatting Filesystem Corruption Bug(s))
Issue #83, Section #1 (5�Sep�2000:�2.4 SMP Scalability)
Issue #82, Section #8 (28�Aug�2000:�More On OOM, Resource Accounting, And The New VM)
Issue #81, Section #1 (21�Aug�2000:�Ramdisks, Compression, Embedded Systems, Loopback, And The VM Situation)
Issue #81, Section #4 (21�Aug�2000:�VM Design Dispute)
Issue #80, Section #10 (14�Aug�2000:�Twisted VM Tweaking)
Issue #80, Section #13 (14�Aug�2000:�VM Hangs On For 2.5)
Issue #79, Section #11 (7�Aug�2000:�Simulating SMP Under UP Systems)
Issue #78, Section #4 (31�Jul�2000:�Japanese-Encoded Spam And linux-kernel Policy)
Issue #77, Section #1 (24�Jul�2000:�New Plans For the Virtual Memory Subsystem)
Issue #77, Section #3 (24�Jul�2000:�Per-User Resource Limits Planned For 2.5)
Issue #77, Section #7 (24�Jul�2000:�Improving The Kernel Release Schedule)
Issue #77, Section #10 (24�Jul�2000:�Band-Aids On Virtual Memory While New Design Coalesces)
Issue #76, Section #5 (17�Jul�2000:�Killing Processes When Out Of Memory)
Issue #76, Section #12 (17�Jul�2000:�Latency Benchmarks And Prognosis)
Issue #75, Section #6 (10�Jul�2000:�Kernel Documentation Project)
Issue #74, Section #4 (3�Jul�2000:�'kswapd' Still No Solution)
Issue #74, Section #10 (3�Jul�2000:�Hunting For The 'kswapd' Problem)
Issue #74, Section #11 (3�Jul�2000:�Virtual Memory Opponents Work Together)
Issue #74, Section #12 (3�Jul�2000:�More On VM: 'classzone' Better In Benchmarks)
Issue #73, Section #9 (26�Jun�2000:�Developers Discuss Microsoft)
Issue #73, Section #11 (26�Jun�2000:�Developers Argue Over Virtual Memory: 'classzone' Vs. 'strict zone')
Issue #73, Section #13 (26�Jun�2000:�Alan's Latest List Of Things To Do Before 2.4 Can Come Out)
Issue #73, Section #14 (26�Jun�2000:�Dell Binary-Only Drivers May Go Open Source)
Issue #73, Section #15 (26�Jun�2000:�Possible Solution For Recent VM CPU Hogging)
Issue #72, Section #2 (19�Jun�2000:�Alan Releases 2.4.0-test1-ac7)
Issue #72, Section #6 (19�Jun�2000:�More VM Bug Hunting)
Issue #72, Section #7 (19�Jun�2000:�To Do List For Next Unstable Series)
Issue #72, Section #12 (19�Jun�2000:�Standardizing Journalling Filesystem Interactions With Virtual Memory)
Issue #70, Section #2 (5�Jun�2000:�Things To Do Before 2.4: Saga Continues)
Issue #70, Section #5 (5�Jun�2000:�The LKBS Linux Kernel Benchmark Suite)
Issue #70, Section #7 (5�Jun�2000:�Virtual Memory: Linux Vs. BSD)
Issue #69, Section #6 (29�May�2000:�Possible Fix For 'kswapd' CPU Overuse)
Issue #68, Section #5 (22�May�2000:�Virtual Memory Problems Persist In Development Series)
Issue #67, Section #12 (15�May�2000:�VMWare Breaks Under Latest Development Kernels)
Issue #66, Section #3 (8�May�2000:�'kswapd' Instability; Debugging Deadlocks)
Issue #65, Section #2 (1�May�2000:�Proposal: LUID For Secure Auditing)
Issue #65, Section #4 (1�May�2000:�Unexplained Memory Overuse In Development Kernels)
Issue #64, Section #8 (24�Apr�2000:�Benchmarks Comparing Linux And NT)
Issue #62, Section #6 (10�Apr�2000:�kswapd Speedups)
Issue #62, Section #10 (10�Apr�2000:�New Scheduler Code; Locking Issues)
Issue #61, Section #1 (3�Apr�2000:�Possibly Unfixable, Longtime Denial Of Service Attack)
Issue #60, Section #1 (27�Mar�2000:�Alan Nears 2.2.16)
Issue #59, Section #7 (20�Mar�2000:�Scheduling Difficulties Under Linux)
Issue #55, Section #4 (21�Feb�2000:�e2fs Compression In The Main Kernel?)
Issue #55, Section #6 (21�Feb�2000:�Character I/O Problems With SMP In Stable Series)
Issue #55, Section #7 (21�Feb�2000:�Development Process And Corporate Politics)
Issue #55, Section #10 (21�Feb�2000:�Running User-Space Helper Programs)
Issue #55, Section #11 (21�Feb�2000:�Bug Hunt In Unstable Series)
Issue #52, Section #3 (24�Jan�2000:�Block Device Interface Change And Related Pain)
Issue #51, Section #4 (18�Jan�2000:�Swapping Via NFS)
Issue #49, Section #4 (3�Jan�2000:�How To Be A Kernel Hacker)
Issue #46, Section #1 (13�Dec�1999:�Google Bug Hunt)
Issue #44, Section #8 (22�Nov�1999:�Splitting The Kernel Source Into More Manageable Chunks)
Issue #43, Section #5 (15�Nov�1999:�Mirroring Via The Buffer Cache)
Issue #41, Section #1 (1�Nov�1999:�File Server Optimization Discussion)
Issue #41, Section #8 (1�Nov�1999:�New Hardware Mailing List; Some Discussion Of The 810 Graphics Chipset)
Issue #40, Section #1 (25�Oct�1999:�SMP CPU-Binding Discussion)
Issue #39, Section #2 (18�Oct�1999:�'Fuck' Removed From Kernel Docs)
Issue #39, Section #6 (18�Oct�1999:�Microsoft's Attack Discussed)
Issue #35, Section #7 (20�Sep�1999:�DMA Memory Allocation)
Issue #32, Section #14 (27�Aug�1999:�Threads In Linux)
Issue #31, Section #9 (19�Aug�1999:�Code Freeze; ISDN Perennial Lateness)
Issue #30, Section #2 (5�Aug�1999:�TCP Vegas Patch Announced)
Issue #29, Section #2 (29�Jul�1999:�Handling Out-Of-Memory Conditions)
Issue #28, Section #23 (22�Jul�1999:�WANTED: Co-maintainer(s) For Linux-MM Site)
Issue #25, Section #4 (1�Jul�1999:�The Future Of OS Design)
Issue #23, Section #5 (17�Jun�1999:�Unfixable TCP Slowdown?)
Issue #20, Section #3 (27�May�1999:�'rm' Too Slow)
Issue #20, Section #5 (27�May�1999:�Debate Over 'goto' In Source)
Issue #19, Section #1 (20�May�1999:�Attempted Scheduler Improvements)
Issue #19, Section #12 (20�May�1999:�Most Stable Kernel In The Stable Series)
Issue #18, Section #6 (13�May�1999:�Memory Map Problems Interfering With CD Recording)
Issue #17, Section #1 (6�May�1999:�Responses To Mindcraft)
Issue #16, Section #3 (29�Apr�1999:�Scheduling Optimization Attempt)
Issue #12, Section #9 (1�Apr�1999:�2.2.4 Announcement; Linus Vacation; Start Of Kernel Newsflash Web Page)
Issue #11, Section #3 (27�Mar�1999:�Out Of Memory Errors With Plenty Of Unused Swap In 2.2.x)
Issue #10, Section #26 (18�Mar�1999:�Advansys ABP940UW Shaky In 2.2.x)
Issue #8, Section #2 (4�Mar�1999:�Real-Time Scheduling Flame War)
Issue #5, Section #1 (11�Feb�1999:�Capabilities And ACLs)
Issue #5, Section #4 (11�Feb�1999:�2.2.1 Slowdown And Bug Hunt)
Issue #5, Section #9 (11�Feb�1999:�Process Scheduling)
Issue #4, Section #1 (4�Feb�1999:�Philosophy Of The Stable Series)
Issue #2, Section #7 (21�Jan�1999:�Scheduling Discussion)

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