Re: [PLUG] Google: kernel, toolchains are underinvested

[Michael Lazin via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

A real reason to be afraid to upgrade the kernel in production systems is in Linux, drivers are written as kernel modules, and it may become necessary to completely recompile the drivers if you upgrade the kernel.  Some specialized drivers are only available on Github, and are sadly platform dependent in many cases.  I have come across real-world examples where you may want a driver for a wifi dongle for instance, and the Gitthub code that works fine in RedHat based distros won't work on anything else.  I once tried building a real-time kernel on Ubuntu and this kernel includes many extra drivers you will never use, the project ended up being finished on Gentoo because you can choose only the modules you need.  Linux kernels are sort of chaotic.  This article clearly shows that there is a growing market for C programming. 

Michael Lazin

.. τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ νοεῖν ἐστίν τε καὶ εἶναι.

On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 8:41 PM jeffv via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

Google: Linux kernel and its toolchains are underinvested by at least
100 engineers

https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/04/google_linux_kernel_security/

Google's open security team has claimed the Linux kernel code is not
good enough, with nearly 100 new fixes every week, and that at least 100
more engineers are needed to work on it.
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