gentoo sources

MrSpock · n00b Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 43

hi
got a quick question:
why aren't the gentoo kernel sources 'ported' to the 2.4.21 vanilla sources? i mean we sticking to the 2.4.20r5 for quite some time now. couldn't find any infos regarding that on forum.

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scriptkiddie · l33t Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 955

I ran 2.4.21 for a while... less stable.. as for why it is not the standard for gentoo-sources I don't know.

I ran it for about 3 weeks and ran into problems with everything ranging from X to playing DVDs.. and it would not compile my nvidia stuff

phelan · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 6:11 pm Post subject:

You can always try pfeifer-sources.
They'll become the new gentoo-sources when considered stable.

I'm running them since they're out and never had any problems with them.

scriptkiddie · l33t Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 955

interesting.. maybe we all should just run kernel 2.6test3 as gentoo-sources :-P

sw1tch · n00b Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 2

Wouldn't running 2.4.21 cause slowdowns b/c it doen't have the optimization patches that the gentoo-sources kernel has? Maybe that is the problems you were having the the vanilla sources.

scriptkiddie · l33t Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 955

not necissarily.. you could customize it enough to become faster than the default gentoo-sources

nerdbert · l33t Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 981 Location: Berlin

just installed gentoo on ppc - I was somehow shocked that they regularly use 2.4.21. But after heaps of thinking I came to the conclusion that it doesnt matter - we all know that stable releases wont offer more than bugfixes (and my system can be considered stable)...
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