Re: 2.4.19-ac1 kernel compilation
On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 12:14:35PM +0200, Wilmer van der Gaast wrote:
> Good. After this problem I found some other problems in
> arch/sparc/kernel/process.c. I fixed them by reverting to .19 instead of
> .19-ac1. Looks like Alan doesn't care too much about Sparc. :-(
>
> What's the best kernel for sun4m/sparc5 machines exactly? I'm told I
> should be running 2.4, but I'm not quite sure about that anymore...
2.4.19 is the best 2.4 kernel for sparc32. 2.4-ac has the O(1) scheduler,
which Pete Zaitcev has been working on for sparc32 in 2.5. There are still
some problems with 2.4 and sparc32, but I'm not sure how seriously they might
affect you.
Regards,
Rob Radez
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