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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
Just one question...if you are so Linux-development savvy, then would it perhaps make sense to look at the "Linux Kernel Update" project first? The way I understand it, the current "old" Linux Kernel is placing a lot of restrictions on the Iliad's capabilities. Maybe creating a "new" Kernel (iRex is offering support for that project) first and then implementing all those wonderful changes there would make sense?
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a) 'all the wonderful changes' will work regardless of the kernel version
b) can you really tell me what the benefits would be if there was a 2.6 kernel? (Yes, I do know the differences, but, for the current iLiad, I really do not see the point...)
About 'linux savvy': I can do both kernel/driver development AND application development (and GUI design and GUI development and a couple of other specialisations... (nope, don't like to specialize in ONE thing...)), but right now I want my iLiad to do the things this project will provide...
As to answer b) myself: I hear most people speak highly of the new power management features the 2.6 kernel will bring, one problem right there: not much has changed for the PXA255 and the changes that are in the 2.6 can easily be back-ported.... The rest of the improvements of the 2.6 kernel are mainly better support for newer hardware which is especially needed if you own a desktop computer or laptop with the latest (and maybe changing) hardware, not for an embedded device with a set of known and never-changing hardware... (is there really a piece of hardware in the iLiad that doesn't work (correctly) because of the 'old' kernel?)
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