[lug] 2.4.13 kernel?

[Shannon Johnston]

I just installed the 2.4.13 kernel in a server of mine. It seemed to go
alright except that without a patch, it didn't support ext3fs. That
bothered me a bit. I'm not all that sure it's worth upgrading (at least on
a server) until the 2.4.15 release that the Openwall security features are
supposed to support. I do recommend upgrading according to the recent CERT
advisory.

I'll have to wait a while to see if I have any performance problems.

Shannon Johnston
nunar at nunar.com
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Hiroshima '45 Chernobyl '86 Windows '95

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On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, D. Stimits wrote:

> "Dhruva B. Reddy" wrote:
> > 
> > Has anyone tried out the 2.4.13 kernel, or does anyone know anything about it?
> > I had been upgrading my kernel the moment I heard about each release (Yeah, I
> > know, but old habits die hard), but the 2.4.11 debacle has left me a bit wary.
> > 
> > Dhruva
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> Try:
> finger @kernel.org
> 
> I've heard some of the vm stuff has vastly improved, but there are still
> things being worked on relative to OOM handling and severe memory
> issues. One of these days I'll probably even try a new kernel (I'm
> limited to XFS enabled kernels, so I don't upgrade as often as other
> people might, but so far XFS seems well worth the wait).
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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