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> infact google still uses a 2.2 kernel with all custom back ported updates of the last 30 years. Linux 2.2 is from 1999. It can barely do SMP. That's pretty m
by yencabulator 2y ago
> infact google still uses a 2.2 kernel with all custom back ported updates of the last 30 years.
Linux 2.2 is from 1999. It can barely do SMP. That's pretty much a crazy person claim.
Googlers say ProdKernel is merged forward every few years:
> Every two years or so, those patches are rebased onto a newer kernel version, which provides a number of challenges.
https://lwn.net/Articles/871195/ https://lwn.net/Articles/871195/
> Every ~2 years we rebase all these patches over a ~2 year codebase delta
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LF-Mentoring-Series-Jan-2021-An-Upstream-Friendly-Source-Control-Model-And-Tooling.pdf https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/0... (and many other places)