>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Behalf
>> Of Jesse Off
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 3:37 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS7200/7250 Linux kernel
>>
>>
>>
>> I honestly don't understand the fixation with a 2.6 kernel, especially
>> since there is no official ep93xx support in 2.6 either so its not
>> like its better supported by Linus and crew. TS does not have the
>> resources to support 2 separate versions of Linux kernels. Despite
>> the presumption of this thread, there is surprisingly few customers
>> demanding 2.6-- when it comes down to it, there just really isn't much
>> difference between 2.4 vs 2.6 unless you delve into minutae such as
>> details of the thread scheduler that don't apply to 99.99% of people
>> designing embedded products. What we've found instead is an emotional
>> desire from the hard-core Linux advocates to be "bleeding-edge"
>> without sufficient justifiable rational reasoning.
<snip>
Actually I would think the preemptability of the new scheduler would
be an excellent reason to migrate to 2.6.x. I'm suprised to find that
99.99% of embedded systems are not interested in real-time capabilities.
live and learn,
jef (an irrational 0.01%er)
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