[SM-Discuss] Evaluation of 2.6.32.4 as possible new kernel on ISO

Eric Sandall eric at sandall.us
Thu Jan 21 16:17:29 EST 2010


Quoting flux <flux at sourcemage.org>:

> I'm currently testing out 2.6.32.4 on one of my systems, and it seems
> stable thus far (though I ran into an issue with having security labels
> enabled for the reiser filesystem).
>
> I'd like to get a consensus of just how stable this kernel is and
> evaluate it for the potential of being the new kernel on the ISO. I am
> therefore calling on all developers who have experience with the 2.6.32
> series (and in particular with the .4 version) to tell me the following:
>
>  * which kernels you have run (in the 2.6.32 series, yes tell me all the
>    numbers you have experience with)

2.6.32 through 2.6.32.4

>  * how stable each of the kernels has been for you

I haven't noticed any issues from the kernel. I believe  
2.6.32-2.6.32.2 had a bug for iwlwifi/iwlagn if sleep was enabled. I  
can't seem to find the option in the 2.6.32.4 kernel, so perhaps it  
was removed.

>  * what hardware you have run the kernels on

Work:
http://www.sourcemage.org/Hardware/Dell/OptiPlex/755
http://www.sourcemage.org/Hardware/Dell/Latitude/D630

Home:
http://www.sourcemage.org/Hardware/System76/PangolinPerformance
http://www.sourcemage.org/Hardware/System76/Eland/Pro/Pedestal
http://www.sourcemage.org/Hardware/Custom/AMD/Athlon/XP/2500%2B/sandalle-jet

>  * what filesystems, security options, etc. you use with it (or have
>    enabled in the kernel)

ReiserFS
EXT3
EXT4
LVM (non-root)

Disk size ranges from 80G to 4T. I do not use SELinux, security  
labels, or anything silly like that. ;)

>  * how long you have run/been running each of the kernels

The day they come out. :)

>  * if you experienced problems/bugs, what were they? How serious? Are
>    there (relatively) easy workarounds you know of?

No issues from the kernel.

-sandalle

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