Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 May 2008 21:01:00 -0400 | From | "Lee Revell" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4 usage statistics |
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote: > Another reason which I read here and there and don't know how real the > issue is: 2.6's minimum possible footprint is said to be unable to compete > with 2.4 for really resource restricted applications. > > Could it actually be that 2.4 outnumbers 2.6 in embedded installations?
Possibly. However many embedded applications have real time constraints so are using 2.6 these days. Both vanilla and -rt patched 2.6 beat the pants off 2.4 in this area.
Lee
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