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The embedded Linux nightmare - an epilogueThe embedded Linux nightmare - an epiloguePosted May 2, 2007 3:54 UTC (Wed) by sobdk (guest, #38278)In reply to: The embedded Linux nightmare - an epilogue by AdHoc Parent article: The embedded Linux nightmare - an epilogue
RHEL 4 with a 2.6.9 kernel has the mutex patches backported from 2.6.16. I would hardly call this a fix, nor is it a new driver. Perhaps they do this to actually closer track the mainline while pretending to keep the kernel at 2.6.9, but they certainly do not just backport fixes.
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The embedded Linux nightmare - an epilogue Posted May 3, 2007 23:05 UTC (Thu) by ronaldcole (guest, #1462) [Link] I believe that would be because RHEL4 still has one year before it enters maintenance mode, and would therefore only get bug fixes.
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