From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756168AbaEFVIV (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2014 17:08:21 -0400 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:46727 "EHLO relay4-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754536AbaEFVIT (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2014 17:08:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 14:08:15 -0700 From: josh@joshtriplett.org To: David Miller Cc: xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com, andi@firstfloor.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional Message-ID: <20140506210815.GB21791@cloud> References: <20140506.131643.994244006906866938.davem@davemloft.net> <20140506175547.GE20776@cloud> <20140506.164410.15377655213427639.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140506.164410.15377655213427639.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 04:44:10PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: Cong Wang > 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. - Josh Triplett