Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 21:51:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 21:51:19 -0400 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:54033 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 5 Oct 2002 21:51:17 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 18:54:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Hedrick To: Mark Mielke cc: Gigi Duru , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux? In-Reply-To: <20021005205847.GA1493@mark.mielke.cc> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4329 Lines: 118 WHOOPS! Amen! Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Mark Mielke wrote: > You could always try examining the code for yourself and making a > suggestion regarding inappropriate dependencies, or bloated > dependencies. One of the problems you have here is... Linux 'hackers' > are not trying to sell you an embedded solution. If anything, you > are getting a freebie, and you should be gracious that you don't > have to pay full price for a commercial solution... > > Other members of the 'hacker computer' who work for companies that use > Linux in their embedded product tend not to scream and complain. Instead, > they roll up their sleeves and get to it... > > One of the methods described above has a better chance of being effective. > > Which one do you think that might be? :-) > > mark > > P.S. Linux 2.5 is a development kernel - the fact that is isn't polished > to your liking is not a surprise. It isn't polished to *many* peoples > likings, which is the primary reason that people such as myself have > not installed it. > > > On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 01:52:38PM -0700, Gigi Duru wrote: > > Now thats some advice from a kernel hacker... You > > really don't seem to care too much about embedded, do > > you? > > > > It's not about what I do not do, it's about what YOU > > do (I'm not talking to you personally, but to the > > hacker community as a whole). The kernel core didn't > > jump to 270KB compressed because I didn't do > > something. > > > > Let me reformulate for you: > > * some years ago, (2.2 era) I was more than happy > > about embedding Linux. > > * along came 2.4, and things got fuzzy (should we move > > on, or stick to the good ol' stuff?) > > * now, 2.6 (or whatever) seems like a very bad choice > > for us. > > * I wonder about the next one (2.8/whatever): will it > > require a mainframe to run? > > > > It's the trend, you see: you were on the right track > > but now you're loosing it. From the embedded point of > > view, YOU ARE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. > > > > And don't give me the "use 2.2" advice. Stuff is being > > back-ported, I know, but not all of it. > > > > Why are old versions being actively maintained anyway? > > Isn't that a realization that those old versions are > > better suited for some tasks than the new one? Why > > would anyone choose to use 2.2? Because it serves him > > better. > > > > Now, why is 2.2 serving someone better than 2.4? > > That's something I'd like you to answer... > > > > The beauty of Linux was it's scalability (I'm not > > talking SMP here): you had the same kernel running on > > the appliance, on the PC and on that mainframe. Things > > were smooth, things were perfect. I would have loved > > to preserve that... > > > > Regards, > > Gigi > > > > --- Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > > > Well have a nice day and go pay for windriver > > > licenses, or use the source > > > to adopt to your needs, or hire somebody who can do > > > it for you. > > > Whinning will not help, doing will. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Andre Hedrick > > > LAD Storage Consulting Group > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > > http://faith.yahoo.com > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > -- > mark@mielke.cc/markm@ncf.ca/markm@nortelnetworks.com __________________________ > . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder > |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | > | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada > > One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all > and in the darkness bind them... > > http://mark.mielke.cc/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/