The embedded Linux nightmare - an epilogue

The embedded Linux nightmare - an epilogue

Posted May 3, 2007 11:59 UTC (Thu) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)
In reply to: The embedded Linux nightmare - an epilogue by dlang
Parent article: The embedded Linux nightmare - an epilogue

<blockquote><p>however, you won't be trying to install that old version on brand new hardware,
you will be installing it on the hardware that it supports.</p>

<p>as such you just need bugfixes, you don't need new drivers and other major improvements
from the new kernel.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I hate to say it again but this is also not true. RHEL3 supports modern hardware, the have
backported newer versions of drivers and other compatability fixes. RHEL3 is supported on the
latest Dell PowerEdge 9th generation systems for example and even comes with the Dell hardware
management kernel drivers that were integrated with upstream.</p>

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