Re: Enterprise Kernel
Patrick,
This sounds like a useful idea to me.
Sure, I've figured out how to compile kernels, and sure, some people might
need custom everything in their kernel - but it would be a time-saver to
have a kernel with highmem enabled readily available for a quick install.
For the experts out there, how could I go about making such a package
available as part of the distribution?
Thx,
Dave De Graff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Cheong Shu Yang" <patrickcheong@rhb.com.my>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Cc: <herbert@debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 6:01 PM
Subject: Enterprise Kernel
> Hi all,
>
> It's been awhile since I last wrote to the list. Anyway, let's get down
> to it...
>
>
> I work at a securities firm (securities as in stock market). Most, if
> not all, of our backoffice systems run on Linux (some M$, Solaris and
> HP-UX). The majority of the Linux installs are RH 7.x whilst the
> remaining are Debian :-). As most of the machines installed are
> enterprise-class boxes i.e. 4 Xeon CPUS, 4GB RAM, >72GB HDD, Gigabit
> NICs, etc., the default kernels shipped in Potato/Woody may not be built
> to meet the needs of these machines. E.g. The default kernels shipped
> were not compiled to map RAM above 1GB....as I recently discovered when
> I ran top and free on one machine with 4 Xeons, 4.5GB RAM and 36.4GB
> mirrored hardisks.
>
> I had to re-compile the kernel to map the RAM above 1GB. Are there plans
> to include kernels compiled/built for the enterprise in mind...this
> would surely help in making Debian the choice of distribution when it
> comes to the enterprise...maybe calling it
> kernel-image-2.4.18-868-smp-enterprise or something...
>
> Thoughts anyone?
>
>
> --
> Patrick
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