Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:57:44 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Future of the -longterm kernel releases (i.e. how we pick them). |
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 10:26:54PM -0700, Daniel Taylor wrote: > For embedded systems, which often have multi- (not just two-) year > warranties, it sounds like we would then be maintaining the -longterm > ourselves. The "easy" side of this is that embedded systems don't > (usually) have users trying to plug in the latest and greatest widget, > except on external busses, such as USB. So back-porting drivers is > not generally a big deal. Security patches, OTOH, are a real concern. > Other than net and drivers/net, which are exposed to non-local attacks, > are there other subsystems we should watch for security fixes? There > have, for example, been a lot of security upgrades in /sys, but there's > also been a lot of restructing for new interfaces and "arch" models, > which would make back-porting those much more complicated.
You should watch out for all bugfixes, that's the only way to have a chance at catching all of the issues.
good luck,
greg k-h
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