2.6 vs 2.4

[Thiago Galesi]

> Hi,
>  Wolfgang Denk has a good listing of issues to consider betn linux 2.4 vs
> 2.6 for ppc82xx based platforms
> (http://www.denx.de/wiki/Know/Linux24vs26).
>
>  Would this recommendation still hold?

Not much. This article is almost one year old. Even though some things
do apply (like bigger footprint, etc), the kernel improved a lot on
the months that followed that article.

I've participated in a project that used a (somewhat patched) 2.6.10
kernel, with soccessful results.

Not the mention the advantages of the 2.6 kernel in general.

>The main open question is: is somebody still maintaining the 8xx kernel
>port ?

LINUX FOR POWERPC EMBEDDED PPC8XX
P:      Marcelo Tosatti
S:      Maintained

(this has been determined AFAIK in OLS 2005)