Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Feb 2006 06:08:35 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: Development tree, PLEASE? |
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On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 04:31:58PM -0600, Christopher Friesen wrote: > Willy Tarreau wrote: > > >Given the past > >experience of 2.4 and the time I can spend on kernel work, I would > >not even consider basing anything on 2.6 before something like 2.6.20-25, > >when it will hopefully settle down a bit. > > Unfortunately there are many times when this simply isn't an option. > I'm currently working on boards that simply are not supported on 2.4. > Thus either we need to track 2.6, or else we need to pay someone to do > it for us and hope they do a good job. > > Of course what actually happens is that you pick a kernel version > (hopefully you pick well) and then backport fixes.
This choice is valid when you have time or money for this. What I said is people who have no skills, no time and no money should obviously not consider 2.6 right now for a new project, it's moving too fast, and spending 1 hour a week on it is not enough.
> Upgrading > continuously simply isn't an option, as we have multiple vendors > providing BSPs, drivers, patches, etc. and they're all supported only > for that specific kernel version. We can really only upversion the > kernel once a year or so, if that often.
Agreed.
> Chris
Willy
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