Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:28:53 +0200 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test1-ac1 Matrox Compile Error |
| |
On Tue, 15 July 2003 20:13:28 +0100, Dave Jones wrote: > > Sorry, any vendor contemplating shipping 2.6test in a device at this stage > is a lunatic. I don't care about lunatics. As we saw recently there > are a lot of wireless routers and the like out there all stuck on some > magical 2.4.5 kernel. That sucks, but it's at least better than putting > beta quality code in something people pay money for.
Well, the good old embedded process is this:
Take what's availlable (2.4.5 then). Adapt to the hardware. Test for a while. Ship it. Don't touch it anymore.
So what is lunatic about doing the same with 2.6test? It may make the test a little more expensive, but the adaptation will be cheaper, so you are just about even. And the result is no less frightening than a 2.4.2 kernel with various backports from 2.4.younameit, and even more quick hacks.
The only thing we agree on is that it would be loony to port known working hardware to a newer kernel.
Jörn
-- Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. -- Ambrose Redmoon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |