[sclug] Not upgrading kernel to 2.6

[Simon Huggins]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 05:12:27PM +0100, Matt wrote:
> * Derek M Jones <derek at knosof.co.uk> [2004-07-23 17:01:55]:
> > However, I did take a copy of /boot and was about to give it ago
> > when I read the following:
> > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/22/0138244&tid=106&tid=8
> > Since I prefer to get my excitement outside of kernel hacking I have
> > decided to stay away from 2.6
> This is why you should take heed of the advice in the article and rely
> on $DISTRO to Do The Right Thing. The Fedora Core 2 2.6.x kernel for
> example, will have extra patches either to add more functionality, or
> more commonly to add improvements to stability *without* adding extra
> functionality that can change the expected behaviour.

But they're being tested in 2.6-mm first anyway so the 2.6 mainline
branch should be reasonable.  Maybe not as stable as it has been before
though I guess.

> Is there any reason you have to build your own apart from the usual
> "because I can" reason, that couldn't be solved by taking the $DISTRO
> provided kernel source package, tweaking to taste and rebuilding?

Yeah I don't have a Hokey Kokey 3000 IDE controller nor am I ever likely
to so I don't need to probe for it and all the myriads of devices that
are probed for at boot.  I know what my processor is and I'd like to
optimise for it.  I know that I want ACPI on my laptop but not on any of
my old Pentium class servers etc. etc. etc.


Simon.

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