Re: OLinuXino, a serious Rasberry Pi competitor?

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From: Mel Wilson
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:23

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Nico Coesel wrote:

> What is the problem with an 'out of date' kernel? If it works, it
> works. Bug fixes can often be backported without much problems.

Well, "if it works".  We got caught by that with an ARM9 Linux board.  The 
manufacturer's plan seemed to be to design bespoke products, then make some 
more money by offering the hardware on the open market (nothing wrong with 
that idea, IMHO.)  But the original customer got a 2.4 kernel and wanted 
nothing more.  USB was the major I/O on the board, and all the really useful 
USB features came in kernel version 2.6.  We couldn't upgrade ourselves 
because of proprietary SD card drivers.  The original customer didn't want 
an upgrade.  The manufacturer wouldn't release an upgrade.  There we were.  
Mini-ITX boards work just fine.

	Mel.

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