Re: kernel 2.4.10 and linus vs ac VM?
* Thomas Zimmerman (thomas@zimres.net) wrote:
> On 30-Sep 07:44, Randolph S. Kahle wrote:
> > I am confused about the state of the 2.4.10 kernel.
> >
> > It seems that there are two VMs that are going to "fight it out" moving
> > forward: the original one (in the ac line of code) and a new one (in the
> > main line of code).
> >
> > Before this became clear, I was planning to move up to 2.4.10 from 2.4.4
> > as it seemed that things were converging to a stable core.
>
> Things are getting much more stable. Drivers especially. Linus seems to be
> willing to work on core stuff still...
>
> >
> > Can someone help me understand if I should move to the new VM or just
> > wait for this to all get sorted out? What is being done for the next
> > release of Debian? (I'm running 2.2r3 with Adrian Bunk's 2.4 packages).
>
> I would say move the either of the two VM's in 2.4.10[-acX]. There are some
> real problems with the VM in 2.4.X (X<9) and interactions with other
> subsystems. Things should really settle down once 2.5 starts. If you follow
> lkml, there seems to be a fare amount of stuff that wants in NOW, and
> conservatives think that makes the "stable" kernel more "unstable". Given
> that some kernels haven't build w/o patch in a quick pre patch, I think the
> conservatives are gloating. :)
>
> Thomas
> PS: I have no idea where debian is going...I just follow it around.
I'll second that. I got a noticable performance boost and much better
swap handling out of 2.4.10. It compiled cleanly and hasn't given me any
trouble, yet. YMMV of course.
Alex.
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