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Re: Kernel for a sparc5...



On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 04:24:52PM +0100, Marco Gaiarin wrote:
> 
> I've a ss5 uniprocessor that happily runs:
> 
> 	neo:~# uname -a
> 	Linux neo 2.2.21 #1 Wed Jul 24 14:42:52 CEST 2002 sparc unknown
> 
> from years. ;)
> 
> 
> If i want to upgrade the kernel, it is better i go to latest 2.2, 2.4
> or 2.6?!
> This is my mail/dhcp/dns/... production kernel, so i don't want speed
> or some exotic feature, only a kernel that run. ;)

I'd say stick with what works :)

You could go with a newer 2.2 kernel with no problem. You could try a
2.4 kernel, since they work pretty well on uni-proc sparc32's. I can't
even suggest 2.6, since I've no idea how they are working.

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