On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 05:11:17PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: j...@joshtriplett.org > Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 14:08:15 -0700 > > > On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 04:44:10PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > >> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com> > >> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 11:33:11 -0700 > >> > >> > So why bothers 3.15+ Linux kernel? Why not use an old kernel e.g. 2.4.x? > >> > 2.4.x kernel doesn't have so many new features you want to get rid of > >> > here. > >> > >> +1 > > > > You've got to be kidding. Using 2.4 for a new network-connected device, > > today? With all of its potential security holes that nobody is paying > > attention to? Easier to fork 3.15 and trim it down than to do *that*. > > And there *are* a huge number of useful features in 3.15+, not least of > > which drivers for current hardware. > > So you're saying that the 2.4.x -stable maintainer did a shitty job and > his work is worthless?
There's a difference between maintaining 2.4.x for all the existing users who can't or won't upgrade, and introducing a *new* product shipping with 2.4.x. There's something very wrong if 2.4.x works for cases that 3.x doesn't; that would be a serious regression. - Josh Triplett -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
