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02-19-2008, 08:16 AM
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 Kernel Patches? I'm currently using 2.4.22, as installed from the Slackware 9.1 disks. I know I'm behind the times, and so am ready to roll a 2.4.25 kernel from scratch (avoiding 2.6 for now). My question is, what additional patches to the kernel do you folks think might be useful? The low-latency patch? Stuff from Openwall? I don't have a real good feel for what patches Pat applied to the shipped versions of the kernel, if any. As a user, I run a Dell Inspiron 5100 a desktop environment in XFCE, with occasional heavy MATLAB or SeismicUnix processing runs. Nothing terribly strenuous. Are there any good kernel patches you would all suggest I apply before I get started? Thanks! -- afox at drizzle dot com || http://www.drizzle.com/~afox Highway Patrolman: "Sir, do you know how fast you were going?" Heisenberg: "No, but I know EXACTLY where I was!"      |
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02-19-2008, 08:16 AM
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| Re: Kernel Patches? * Aaron Fox <afox@drizzle.com> writes: > am ready to roll a 2.4.25 kernel from scratch > My question is, what additional patches to the kernel do you folks > think might be useful? IMO, unless you have very good reasons (you have really obscure hardware, you wanna hack these "unofficial" things, etc), you should stick to the mainline kernel. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: A94B3003>---| | Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. | | The proof of the pudding, is under the crust. | |------------------------------<sryoungs@bigpond.net.au>---| |
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02-19-2008, 08:16 AM
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| Re: Kernel Patches? Aaron Fox wrote: > I'm currently using 2.4.22, as installed from the Slackware 9.1 disks. I > know I'm behind the times, and so am ready to roll a 2.4.25 kernel from > scratch (avoiding 2.6 for now). > > My question is, what additional patches to the kernel do you folks think > might be useful? The low-latency patch? Stuff from Openwall? I don't have > a real good feel for what patches Pat applied to the shipped versions of > the kernel, if any. > --snip-- > > Are there any good kernel patches you would all suggest I apply before I > get started? I have used the openwall patch for a long time now on several different kernel releases and have had no problems with it. -- Confucius: He who play in root, eventually kill tree. Registered with The Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org/ Slackware 9.1.0 Kernel 2.4.25 SMP i686 (GCC) 3.3.3 Uptime: 17 days, 17:31, 3 users, load average: 2.17, 2.21, 1.9 |
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