Re: Kernel patches needed for running Informix Dynamic Server Linux Edition
"F. Fernandez" <ferdez@despodata.pt> writes:
> I'd like to know where can I find the patches to recompile the kernel
> 2.0.36 and/or 2.2.x so that the system supports more open files.
>
> [...]They also say that the 2.2.5 that comes with
> RH6.0 already has been patched to work with Informix and Oracle.
>
> Are those patches available in Debian? If not, anyone knows where
> to find them?
Pretty much any linux kernel works with Debian. We provide images to
get people started but you don't have to run a stock Debian kernel
image to run Debian. By no means.
In some cases, we provid kernel patch packages to solve problems,
generally, patches required for certain architectures.
I guess, basically, we just don't feel the need to provide this
functionality by default, since most people don't need it, and if you
do need it, tweaking the kernel and patching is so easy there's no
reason to provide a package.
I suggest you just
. get the kernel-source package, or download sources from kernel.org
or whereever you like to get kernel sources
. ferret out the proper kernel patch for whatever kernel you are
running (I think it's just a tweak to an include file), then
. use kernel-package to compile a new kernel
Voila.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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