Re: Uses of Linux backports in the industry

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Fri May 29 2015 - 11:01:15 EST


On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<weigelt@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 29.05.2015 um 04:54 schrieb Luis R. Rodriguez:
> Actually, I really wonder why folks are sticking to ancient kernels on
> newer hardware.

Enterprise distribution kernels. Or "special" kernels like PREEMPT_RT.
Sometimes the vendor BSP is that horrid that a customer cannot afford
to forward port it
but wants recent stuff. So you need to backport...

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Thanks,
//richard
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