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

David Haley khoralin at gmail.com
Fri Jan 22 14:13:00 EST 2010


On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:40 AM, flux <flux at sourcemage.org> wrote:

> 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)
>
> 2.6.23.0, 2.6.32.2


>  * how stable each of the kernels has been for you
>
> Haven't had any problems with either.


>  * what hardware you have run the kernels on
>
> AMD Athlon X2 4800
2GB RAM
Asus Mobo, nVidia2 chipset


>  * what filesystems, security options, etc. you use with it (or have
>   enabled in the kernel)
>
>  * how long you have run/been running each of the kernels
>

Several weeks for both.


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

Have not experienced any problems with either kernel in my time using them.


> I thank you all in advance for any information you can offer me in this.
> Here's to hoping that the 2.6.32 series really is the new "stable"
> series!
>
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> Justin "flux_control" Boffemmyer
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