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From: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
	walter harms <wharms@bfs.de>, Aung <aung.aungkyawsoe@gmail.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: need company for kernel upgrade
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 21:35:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <585d6508-ace2-02d8-95ca-8e437d7cec05@metux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190528105853.GA21111@amd>

On 28.05.19 12:58, Pavel Machek wrote:

Hi,

> On Fri 2019-05-24 01:01:16, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 09:29:11AM +0200, walter harms wrote:
>>>
>>> No,
>>> the company i am working for has a custom build arm-board.
>>> We bought the kernel from the assembler but found it has
>>> some problems that need fixing.

basic rule: don't use vendor kernels for production, unless you
*really* *really* have to.

HW vendors usually don't have the capacities to offer any decent
kernel support. there're only few exceptions (eg. phytec) that have
their own kernel hackers and actively participate in upstreaming.

>>> Basically we want to improve the linux-kernel so it can run
>>> native on our boards.
>>>
>>>>> Hi developers,
>>>>> i am in search of a company that can help upgrading
>>>>> a running linux-kernel on custom hardware.
>>>>> Est. time 10 days.
>>
>> Have you tried contacting Linutronix (https://linutronix.de) or
>> Collabora (https://collabora.com)?
>>
>> Both have EU offices --- well Collabora does for now, until Brexit
>> happens.  :-)
> 
> www.denx.de is another option.

continuing the list w/ my own company --> info@metux.net

by the way: should we create a separate list for commercial topics ?


--mtx

-- 
Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Free software and Linux embedded engineering
info@metux.net -- +49-151-27565287

  reply	other threads:[~2019-05-28 19:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <5CE53BA9.4070906@bfs.de>
     [not found] ` <CABC7EG8NiiPycthdfb7Ng3MsxTvmmxk_LjcosM8ZD1F0CnuDFw@mail.gmail.com>
2019-05-23  7:29   ` need company for kernel upgrade walter harms
2019-05-24  5:01     ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-28 10:58       ` Pavel Machek
2019-05-28 19:35         ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult [this message]
2019-05-29  8:04           ` walter harms
2019-05-29 12:31             ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult

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