Re: [SSI-devel] Roadmap for Debian and Ubuntu packages?

[Robert W. <no...@ro...>]

On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:12:01AM -0500, Brian J. Watson wrote:
> Robert Wachinger wrote:
> >BTW: What are the specific problems, which make it hard, to have OpenSSI in
> >actual kernels (2.6.10 is pretty old now)? 
> 
> In a nutshell, I think it's a limited supply of experienced kernel 
> programmer time. Most of OpenSSI is a set of extensive kernel 
> modifications to allow various objects (processes, filesystems, IPC, 
> etc.) to be distributed throughout the cluster and still appear as if 
> they're local. Any port to a newer base kernel is statistically likely 
> to result in at least a few conflicts that require serious thought and 
> understanding of what the code is supposed to be doing.

Ok, I see.

Regards, Robert (neither experienced kernel programmer nor much spare
time :-(, although this would be an interesting topic)