On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 17:28 -0400, Glenn Henshaw wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Marcus Tangermann wrote: > >> we currently try to boot a 2.6.21 kernel > > > > time to upgrade > > Wrong answer!!! > > Many embedded devices can't upgrade kernels easily because of > customer requirements and certifications. For example, I have worked > on Linux based applications in the financial industry. A kernel > upgrade here is viewed as equivalent to switching from Windows XP to > Vista, and requires significant effort in certification testing from > the customer's perspective. This doesn't make economic sense for > either party. If this certification was granted despite Marcus' admission that the kernel doesn't even boot -- it dies between gunzip and start_kernel -- then I suspect it wasn't the kind of certification which takes 4 years to achieve. _Most_ people who are having trouble with old kernels have extremely _bad_ reasons for not updating. -- dwmw2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
