Re: [rtl] Kernel_patches

[Richard Reeve <r.e.reeve@stir.ac.uk>]

> On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 02:48:11PM +0000, Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
> > but I would really like to see this would be made by Victor or Michael.
>
> A patch to later versions of Linux (past 2.4.7) is easy, but we don't yet
> see much point.
> 	A) There is too much instability and changes in things that
> 		need RTLinux changes (e.g. softirq)
> 	B) There are incompatible Linus and Alan versions with
> 		completely different memory management systems.
> 	C) PowerPC is a horrible mess.
> 	D) There is no clear advantage
> So unless some of these change, we will continue to wait.
> However, we would be happy to put later patches on the web site so that
> the adventurous people can be adventurous.

That would be very useful from my point of view due to security issues
with pre-2.4.7 kernels since my rtlinux machine has a permanent internet
connection, and also for better ext3/reiserfs support.

Cheers,

Richard Reeve.