On Wed, 26 May 2010 13:18:51 +0200 Vitaly Wool <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Florian Mickler <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> So why again was this such a great scheme? Go fix your userspace to not > >> not run when not needed. > > > > Hi Peter! > > > > This was already mentioned in one of these threads. > > > > The summary is: The device this kernel is running on dosn't want to > > (or can) rely on userspace to save power. This is because it is an open > > system, without an app-store or the like. Everyone can run what he > > wants. > > I don't see this as a valid point. Everyone can run a different kernel > where nothing will just work. Are you aiming protection against that > as well? > > ~Vitaly This is not "protection". This is functioning properly in a real world scenario. Why would the user change the kernel, if the device would be buggy after that? (Except maybe he is a geek) Cheers, Flo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
