So, Are you using Kernel 2.6.0?

dice · Guru Joined: 21 Apr 2002 Posts: 577

Been running 2.5/2.6 full time since 2.5.50. Switched to mm-sources somewhere around 2.5.70 and I'm thinking about switching to love-sources but it's not in portage so that would actually involve effort on my part

Portage needs support for overlay rsync servers :-\

jufoa · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:53 am Post subject:

if my memory serves me right, i have been using it from test4 and i am really happy with it.

Jimboberella · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 6:13 am Post subject:

I switched to the gentoo-dev series when that first appeared and I think it's a step up from the 2.4 series.

srlinuxx · l33t Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 627

I first tested it out with mandrake's cooker 12/17 snapshot. All was well there after patching nvidia's drivers, so I downloaded the linus vanilla 2.6xx and installed it on my slack-9.1 partition. To my surprize, it went fairly smoothly.

So, I might be trying it on my beloved gentoo partiition in the next day or two.

HomerSimpson · l33t Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Posts: 869 Location: Ohio, USA

I am running 2.6-test11-mm1 on my main Gentoo computer (home server/workstation). I started about a month ago with test9.

I have one server running Gentoo with 2.4.20-r8 and another running Debian (2.2.20).

The Gentoo server will be updated very soon and the Debian might be moved over to Gentoo as well. Nothing against Debian but I am much more familiar with Gentoo ...and I would have another computer to help me compile. Not that I couldn't do that with Debian but it would probably take some upgrades and some playing around to get it to work right.
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darksaidin · Apprentice Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 150

My harddisk has never been home for kernel 2.4. I've only been using 2.6 on this machine.

Corky · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 6:41 pm Post subject:

Like most it would seem, I've been through all the unstable 2.6's, and am currently happily using the stable 2.6 without any problems.
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mimesis · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 10:51 pm Post subject:

*chimes in*

I love the 2.6 kernel. Just using standard gentoo sources for it... happy how it configures, happy with the performance. And it's not like living on the cutting-edge with serious injury involved... it's like living on the edge from the comfort of your couch.

Me likes.
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Houn · n00b Joined: 17 Dec 2003 Posts: 66

I installed my current itteration of Gentoo about, oh, a week ago, and after getting the base system up immediately moved to 2.6.0. The ONLY problem I had was forgetting to turn on Devfs (oops! ;) and that was user error, not the kernel.

I'm liking the responsiveness, though it doesn't seem to play nice with NWN, causing a 30-60 wait for the game to load (evidently I'm not the only one with 2.6.0 and this "problem", though no one on the bioware forums has figured it out last I checked), but it still plays normally.

System's not QUITE done yet, still need iptables, web/ftp servers... but I'm guessing those will be just fine =D

Promit · Guru Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 344

Do the gentoo dev sources have patches like the ck patches? Vanilla has some problems with emerging and doing other things at the same time, which the 2.4 gentoo sources work on, at least...
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dice · Guru Joined: 21 Apr 2002 Posts: 577

Bonkie · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:40 am Post subject:

Been using 2.6 since the first mm ebuilds in portage ...
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Lovechild · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:48 am Post subject:

thesnowman · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:09 am Post subject:

Moved my desktop from 2.4.22 ck-sources to 2.6.0 the day it moved to stable. Bit of tweaking required afterwards - had to recompile with unix 98 tty support to get my x-terms working, add my alsa sound module to modules.autoload, recompile nvidia-kernel, but that was about it. Haven't noticed much/any performance gains, but I think ck-sources may have backported a few of 2.6's performance improvements. Can anyone confirm this?

Lovechild · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:19 am Post subject:

Promit · Guru Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 344

I think 2.6 actually needs some ck work

There are some weird things about how the scheduler does things and how timeslicing actually slices time, which leads to some responsiveness problems, especially at times of high CPU/HDD use (read: during an emerge).
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markfl · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:56 pm Post subject:

yeah
i get some serious CPU usage during an emerge
top reads approx 200% cpu usage on hyperthreading
meaning -100% of my cpu is left for anything else...
desktop responsiveness goes to the dogs but the emerge goes stupidly fast

its a fair trade off and i think i can fix it but i cant be bothered.

all in all 2.6 is a good kernel series, much better than 2.4 IMHO
i hear rumours that 2.8 may become 3.0

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ed0n · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:55 pm Post subject:

Yeah sure I'm running 2.6 on all of my machines . I was using it from test1 or 2 I forgot .

Promit · Guru Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 344

markfl · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:24 pm Post subject:

well i cant quite remember the details but i heard that there will be quite a major change in the way the kernel is produced - enough to warrant a 3.0 release
possibly if you google for it
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Dracnor · Guru Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 397 Location: Pennsylvania

I used the 2.6 kernel since the early test releases. I'm currently using 2.6.0 on my main box along with /udev. So far everything is living happily together. We'll see how it works when I try to get my new camera hooked up for the holidays

ebrostig · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:47 pm Post subject:

I'm always on development kernels, more specifically, the mm-sources.

I also have some 2.4 kernels, but I never use them anymore since their responsiveness sucks!

Erik
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Houn · n00b Joined: 17 Dec 2003 Posts: 66

b1nd3n14l · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 80

Ill just wait til next summer...
That gives the kernel 6 months to stabalize...

Happy with 2.4 for now....
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Houn · n00b Joined: 17 Dec 2003 Posts: 66

Just out of curiosity, but if you ARE running a 2.6 kernel, why not say which version/patches you're running on it, and why? I'd be interested to know so I can make a better decision on my next compile ;)

I'm running the gentoo-dev-sources myself.