Hi, On 29.11.2014 08:37, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> I'm not Simon, but one valid argument I've heard is that embedded stuff > has a tendency to get stuck on old vendor kernels, something that > doesn't work so well when systemd uses newer kernel interfaces. Correct, and I don't see the situation improving much outside the hacker community. Embedded board support packages are supposed to be supported for many years, so vendors generally branch off the then-current stable kernel when the device goes on sale, and do not follow updates afterwards, because the alternative would be supporting each customer with the kernel version that was current when they bought the device, because integrators are not interested in updating their kernels either. There are a few devices that have proper support in mainline kernels, such as the Raspberry Pi, but these have a completely different target audience; for most of the devices out there running Linux there is no real incentive for the vendor to ship updated kernels, nor a critical mass in the community to keep up to date. Simon
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