Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:59:50 -0500 | From | Alejandro Bonilla <> | Subject | Re: 2.6 upgrade overall failure report |
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I usually never complain, or give negative motivation, but this is a reality.
>Now, what's wrong with that ? >Well, the fact is that new hardware is only supported by latest kernel, >so at the end, you have to upgrade, and so you get more and more complexity >whether you like it or not. >As an example, for servers, 2.4 is still fine, but laptops already require 2.6 > > If it wouldn't be because my wifi card only works in 2.6 and cause the speedstep support for my laptop, I would be using 2.4 kernels.
>As a result, the complexity versus stability compromise is less and less >suited for most real life uses. > >Now the problem with the kernel complexity is: >. ultimate implementation requires much more testing than simple good one (TCP > sample) >. it makes life harder for device drivers writers (tigon3 or fusion sample) > I have returned laptops to get them exchanged for one's that have a e100/e1000 instead the tigon3. It's a shame that manufacturers still use this chip on servers and laptops. - 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/
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