Re: Question regarding BenH kernels(and others for that matter)
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 03:50:42PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, John Hughes wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I have pretty much figured out that the destination kernel is
> > not the one on kernel.org. So, where is the home of the "Stable PPC
> > Linux Kernel"?
>
> It is on kernel.org, but it is in the v2.2 directory.
>
> PowerPC patches are being fed into Alan and Linus's kernel sources, but
> this is a slow process. In the 2.2 series, it took until about 2.2.13 (?)
> for the mainstream kernel to work reasonably. By 2.2.16 the kernel.org
> sources were perfectly stable on PowerPC, and they still are in 2.2.19.
>
> Eventually Linus's 2.4 kernel will work on PowerPC, and it will become the
> preferred stable kernel for end users.
>
> For now, 2.4 is still "in development" on PPC, and is only recommended for
> kernel hackers or for users who need features not in 2.2.19. There are
> other PPC trees that may have less experimental work than Ben's, but these
> are still developmental:
>
So, which tree is best for headless oldworlds that only need
(scsi|ide), iptables, QoS, and adv routing features?
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