Hello, 2008/8/20 Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: [skip] > Not sure what "by default" means in that sentence but whatever kernel a > distribution picks for its next version is going to be a kernel they are > going to support a bit longer than other kernels simple because they have > customers using it. [skip] Thank you for the deep explanation, it's more clear now. Now I would like to clarify terminology used within Linux kernel tree: - architecture: it obviously defines CPU type (ARM, MIPS etc.) - machine; is this a chip based on one of the above mentioned architectures ? - platform; is this development board housing a machine on it? -- Roman Mashak -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
