Re: # CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set

[Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com>]

Alle 11:41, giovedì 31 marzo 2005, Frederik Schueler ha scritto:

> > I saw that there is no compiled in support in
> > kernel-image-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 for preemptive kernel, although it sit
> > there in the 32 bit kernels.
>
> i386 kernels up to 2.6.10 are currently the only ones with CONFIG_PREEMT
> enabled, starting with 2.6.11 this changed since some drivers Oops or panic
> with it enabled (3w-xxxx for example). For what concerns amd64, PREEMPT
> caused only trouble so far (random Oopses and panics), thus it was
> deactivated in the early stages of the kernel-image packages (see the
> CHangelog, it happened arounfd August last year).

Nice reply, thanks a lot.

> > It is a bug or an advice?
>
> PREEMPT for amd64 is currently being worked at in 2.6.12-rc, maybe it
> will become stable for custom kernels soon.

So preempt will come back after .12 will be released?
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Marco Amadori 
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