Bug#375845: linux-source-2.6.17: Pre-emptive features not enabled in Debian kernel builds
Package: linux-source-2.6.17
Severity: wishlist
Per a recent thread on the Debian-KDE mailing list questioning why the
system seems to stall under heavy processing, it was pointed out that
the Debian kernel builds do not enable the CONFIG_PREEMPT options. Per
my config file in /boot for 2.6.16-1-686, the following options are
configured:
CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y
# CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY is not set
# CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set
On my other machine which has a 2.6.17 K7 kernel there are a couple more
options.
Would it be possible to create desktop kernel image packages with the
CONFIG-PREEMPT options enabled?
For reference, here is the thread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2006/06/msg00229.html
- Nate >>
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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