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Re: [ts-7000] Re: TS7200/7250 Linux kernel

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: TS7200/7250 Linux kernel
From: Bob Lees <>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:33:20 +0100
The lck1 patch has been applied to this kernel ( I did this a while back).  
See file area.  This gives 0/1 scheduler and lowlatency, preempt is too bound 
up in x86 and ppc.

Bob

On Tuesday 25 October 2005 20:56, Jeffrey Frey wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:   Behalf
> >> Of Jesse Off
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 3:37 PM
> >> To: 
> >> Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS7200/7250 Linux kernel
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> >> 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.
>
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> 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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