[cobalt-security] Re: New kernel

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

Paul Jacobs wrote:
> 
> That is good to here, but will the upgrade path be easy ( a patch) or hard
> (a system reload) ?
> 
> And when will it be available to download, and not screw up the box when
> you install...???

I said nothing about 2.4.x patches/upgrades for existing products. I
said our _next_ (and future) products will be based on 2.4.x.

Please believe me when I say that all of us in the field (systems
engineers, sales people, etc) have been begging, pleading, whining,
asking, groveling, etc for features and kernels from newer products to
be backported to older products.  The problem lies with the sustaining
engineering team and their resources.  Our argument has always been that
yeah, it will be one hard upgrade to get out, but then the sustaining
job actually will get easier, with one common set of applications,
kernels, etc, across all hardware platforms.

Unfortunately, to date, those in a position to do something about it
haven't.  And that's about all I can contribute on that front.

Now, back to discussing security-related issues... :)

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Bruce Timberlake
Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc.