Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional

David Miller
2014-05-06T21:11:20Z

From: josh@joshtriplett.org
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 14:08:15 -0700

> On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 04:44:10PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 11:33:11 -0700
>>
>> > So why bothers 3.15+ Linux kernel? Why not use an old kernel e.g. 2.4.x?
>> > 2.4.x kernel doesn't have so many new features you want to get rid of here.
>>
>> +1
>
> You've got to be kidding. Using 2.4 for a new network-connected device,
> today? With all of its potential security holes that nobody is paying
> attention to? Easier to fork 3.15 and trim it down than to do *that*.
> And there *are* a huge number of useful features in 3.15+, not least of
> which drivers for current hardware.

So you're saying that the 2.4.x -stable maintainer did a shitty job and
his work is worthless?