From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: josh@joshtriplett.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 15:50:39 -0700 Message-ID: <20140506225039.GA22331@cloud> References: <20140506.164410.15377655213427639.davem@davemloft.net> <20140506210815.GB21791@cloud> <20140506.171117.1365037653422161013.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 To: David Miller Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140506.171117.1365037653422161013.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 05:11:17PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > 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 > >> 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? There's a difference between maintaining 2.4.x for all the existing users who can't or won't upgrade, and introducing a *new* product shipping with 2.4.x. There's something very wrong if 2.4.x works for cases that 3.x doesn't; that would be a serious regression. - Josh Triplett