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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.4] Wireless Extension v17 (resend)
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Message below meant for Marcelo!

(sorry rest!)


On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 20:09, kernel wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-02-08 at 13:41, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > > There need to be some unique features in 2.6.X to force people
> > > to upgrade, I guess...
> >
> > Faster, cleaner, way more elegant, handles intense loads more gracefully,
> > handles highmem decently, LSM/SELinux, etc, etc...
> >
>
> Please *think* before saying this. It's not always the case. Firewire
> support in 2.6 kernel has been less than stellar, for one example. And
> yes, for many, solid 1394 support is a requirement for business.
>
> (And we've all seen the testing that has shown both sides (2.4, 2.6)
> have been faster)
>
> > IMO everyone should upgrade whenever appropriate.
> >
>
> Not sure....on 13 January 2005 Alan Cox posted "Given that base 2.6
> kernels are shipped by Linus with known unfixed
> security holes anyone trying to use them really should be doing some
> careful thinking. In truth no 2.6 released kernel is suitable for
> anything but beta testing until you add a few patches anyway."
>
> How do you answer this, when telling folks "everyone should upgrade
> whenever appropriate."?
>
>
> Just some random thoughts....from a 2.4 supporter :)
>
> -fd
>
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