linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.4 usage statistics

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Date:	Sat, 3 May 2008 21:01:00 -0400
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	"Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	"Willy Tarreau" <w@....eu>, "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 usage statistics

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Stefan Richter
<stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
>  Another reason which I read here and there and don't know how real the
> issue is:  2.6's minimum possible footprint is said to be unable to compete
> with 2.4 for really resource restricted applications.
>
>  Could it actually be that 2.4 outnumbers 2.6 in embedded installations?

Possibly.  However many embedded applications have real time
constraints so are using 2.6 these days.  Both vanilla and -rt patched
2.6 beat the pants off 2.4 in this area.

Lee
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