On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 12:02:27PM +0000, Ajay Kaher wrote: > > > On 23/01/19, 1:33 PM, "Greg KH" <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 09:08:29PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote: > > For now, please consider these patches for review and > > suggest if these can be merged to mainline kernel v4.9. > > Why do you care about 4.9.y? Shouldn't all of your systems be moved on > to 4.14.y or better yet, 4.19.y, at this point in time? 4.9.y is > _really_ old and obsolete and on the very cusp of "never run as a > general-purpose system" functionality, if it's not already there. > > What is preventing you from upgrading the kernel on your systems to > something more modern and secure? > > Yes Greg, we are working to move to latest Linux Kernel versions. > But on other side, because of demands from our consumers we also need to support v4.9. Why would a customer "demand" that 4.9 still be used? What is keeping them from just moving to a newer kernel today? What is missing in 4.14 or 4.19 that only 4.9 has? thanks, greg k-h
