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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > Have you noticed any other advantages to the
> > newer kernel,
>
> No, I only used it briefly.  However, because it is
> more up-to-date, it will probably work better on newer
> hardware than the 2.2.16 kernel (but that doesn't matter
> because BL3 is targeted at old PCs).

The only two times I considered using a newer kernel is because of bugs in 
the kernel that were fixed later, having to do with SB16 and my CD burner.

> > or any drawbacks apart from its size?
>
> None that I could see (although you do have to replace
> the 2.2.16 modules with 2.4.18).

Where would you find these, in SW8.1 or 9.1?

> > Did you compile with the same configuration as for
> > the standard BL3 kernel, or optimize for pentium?
>
> I used the default BL3 config (although I might have
> left out copro emulation -- can't remember).

I would have thought only people with newer hardware (pentium) would have 
been interested in the newer kernel until I ran into bugs in the old one.

> Cheers,
> Steven
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