Hi! > | > > You got the rules wrong. "Keep the code out of kernel" is important > | > > rule, but probably not the main one. > | > > | > from aside, it looks like you're choosing 'rules' and assign then > | > 'priorities' in a too arbitrary way which is by a strange accident > | > fits your point of view best of all. > | > May I remind you that Linux world is not only laptops and Sharp Zaurus? ;) > | > | Actually, laptops and zauruses seem to be the only "interesting" > | machines from pm perspective. Then there are Motorola cellphones, but > | Motorola tried hard not to enable users changing kernel... so they are > | irrelevant. > > It would be interesting to see a breakdown by numbers as to where most > copies of Linux are. If embedded devices aren't the leader now, they > will be soon. "Relevant" devices are those where the end-users can change the kernel. Because that's where the developers are and this area desperately needs more developers. Of course, *most* copies are eventually going to end up in linux-based smartcards. But as those are not going to be hackable, so they are irrelevant. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
