From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 12lL86-0005u8-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 01:29:06 +0100 Received: from gate.mvhi.com ([194.205.184.34] helo=server.axiom.internal ident=mail) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 12lL85-0005u2-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Sat, 29 Apr 2000 01:29:05 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <39098F75.5D8BCF7D@go2fax.com> References: <39098F75.5D8BCF7D@go2fax.com> To: Bob Canup Cc: MTD Subject: Re: mtd Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 01:32:16 +0100 Message-ID: <26243.956968336@server.axiom.internal> Sender: owner-mtd@imladris.demon.co.uk List-ID: rcanup@go2fax.com said: > Make sure the code works with older kernels. Much development work on > embedded systems is done on the proven stable 2.0 and 2.2 kernels. > Embedded systems tend not to have bleeding edge software in them for > reliability reasons. That is part of the reason that Alan Cox still > turns out 2.0.x kernels. Agreed. Making it work with 2.2 is sort of implicit - I know Trevor's developing on 2.2, and I try to test with 2.2 periodically. Back-porting to 2.0 could possibly be considered a separate task. -- dwmw2 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org