Re: IDE?

Tomas Szepe (szepe@pinerecords.com)
Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:04:43 +0200

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> Are there not several uses of 2.0.x that are not compatible with
> 2.2/2.4? And if 2.0 is working, then why are you worried about
> being able to use 3.2? Why do we need to maintain compatibility
> with OLD (not 'low-end' but OLD) hardware if there's an existing
> kernel that meets that hardware's needs already?

Because new userspace won't roll with old kernels (reliably|at all).

T.
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