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["Sergey A. Lipnevich" <sergeyli AT pisem.net>]

Lots of them. But here's the killer: I'm using it ;-).
Seriously, I only understand the kernel development in the limited 
fashion. I'm familiar with microkernel OS structure, schedulers, 
preemption, interrupts, device handling, etc., but only as an IT 
professional, not as a kernel developer. So, when I read about Alan's 
approach to many things from his own words, I just felt his thinking is 
right.
Practically, I _never_ had any problems since using linux-ac exclusively 
for months (which is not an incentive in itself), I like how the I/O 
never gets in the way, and that's about it. It's not really about Alan's 
patches, but about the kernel itself, so I'd be really surprised to see 
a huge difference in kernels from all these guys. Alan's a little less 
conservative than Marcello and provides patches that make sense, earlier.

Strong reason for using other set of patches for me would be going with 
a better security and such, but not performance. Or if I start 
developing/using something which would require specific kernel features 
not present in stock kernels. Apart from this, it's just a game of being 
up-to-date, really ;-).

Eric Sandall wrote:

> Why linux-ac?  How is it better?  I'm using linux-preempt atm, but if
> there're good arguments to switch to -ac, I will.  :)
>
> -One of Three
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