> 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. -- [rtl] --- To unsubscribe: echo "unsubscribe rtl" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR echo "unsubscribe rtl <Your_email>" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For more information on Real-Time Linux see: http://www.rtlinux.org/
