In message <20110218020622.ga10...@mara.org>, Steve Meuse writes: > Mark Andrews expunged (ma...@isc.org): > > > > An how many of those embedded linux devices are running a 2.4 kernel? Jus > t lo > > > ok at xx-wrt as an example. If you have a certain chipset, 2.4 is your on > ly o > > > ption. > > > > And the work to patch that kernel is minimal if it doesn't already > > support it. It would take less time to fix the kernel than to argue > > over whether to fix it. > > The point is just because it's "running linux" doesn't make it any more likel > y to get upgraded than joe six pack is going to update/patch his windows XP.
Joe 6 pack does upgrade his XP box. It companies that don't. There too worried about things breaking. > -Steve > -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
