Idea to LinuxIOS

[Ronald G Minnich]

John R. wrote:
> The OLPC ship has already sailed on this. 2.6 is the choice, has
> momentum, etc. Similarly for distro... already chosen.
> 
> 2.4 vs. 2.6 It is an interesting question generally though. Tiny Linux
> distros like Damn Small Linux that target underpowered machines choose
> to stay with a 2.4 kernel. Does anyone have specifics on why that is?
> It's interesting to discuss probably not as an alternative kernel for
> OLPC, but more in terms of what impact the choice of 2.6 will have on
> OLPC, and how we can mitigate.
> 
> -- John.
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we want One Driver Base. that means 2.6. Putting a different set of 
drivers in the bios and in the working kernel is hell on earth. I've 
done it. We don't want to do it.

ron