From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756233AbaEFVLU (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2014 17:11:20 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:43265 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755579AbaEFVLT (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2014 17:11:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 17:11:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20140506.171117.1365037653422161013.davem@davemloft.net> To: josh@joshtriplett.org 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 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20140506210815.GB21791@cloud> References: <20140506.164410.15377655213427639.davem@davemloft.net> <20140506210815.GB21791@cloud> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.3 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.7 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 06 May 2014 14:11:18 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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?