IPv6 mistakes, was: Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...

Fri Feb 18 02:06:22 UTC 2011

Mark Andrews expunged (marka at isc.org):

> > An how many of those embedded linux devices are running a 2.4 kernel? Just lo
> > ok at xx-wrt as an example. If you have a certain chipset, 2.4 is your only o
> > ption. 
> 
> And the work to patch that kernel is minimal if it doesn't already
> support it.  It would take less time to fix the kernel than to argue
> over whether to fix it.

The point is just because it's "running linux" doesn't make it any more likely to get upgraded than joe six pack is going to update/patch his windows XP. 

-Steve