From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:36:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from p508B7E65.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.126.101]:10845 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:36:54 +0000 Received: from fluff.linux-mips.net (fluff.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i0SFaWex014902; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:36:32 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by fluff.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i0SFaS4C014901; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:36:28 +0100 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:36:28 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Pete Popov Cc: Sylvain Munaut , Linux/MIPS Development Subject: Re: Linux 2.6 on AMD Alchemy Au1500 Message-ID: <20040128153627.GB14580@linux-mips.org> References: <4017927B.5080907@246tNt.com> <1075302354.16255.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4017D2D5.2050605@246tNt.com> <1075303379.16255.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1075303379.16255.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 4168 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 07:22:59AM -0800, Pete Popov wrote: > > Ok. Is it available on some CVS / www page ? > > If we eventually choose Au1500 as platform I may be able to test it as > > well and bug reports. > > No yet, but I'll email it to the mailing list in the next couple of > days. I would consider it Beta. > > Just curious, why 2.6? 2.4 is solid, everything works, provides a mature > kernel and drivers ...? Because in the not too far future the Linux community will largely run away from 2.4? In fact the motivation of many developers to continue with 2.4 is quite down already and Marcelo is going to put 2.4 into deep freeze after 2.4.25. Ralf