This mix...

[Collins]

On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 10:08:26 -0400 Jerry McBride
<mcbrides9 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 May 2002 17:52:25 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama!
> <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
> > I haven't bothered to apply those two patches, but was planning to
> > whenever 2.4.19 came out.  So what do you mean by 'flaky'?
> > 
> 
> With the mentioned kernel source and patches, I've been getting
> random lockups. No complaints in
> messages... it just works well then it's a rock. If I reboot the
> machine into a different kernel, no problems
> at all then. Since experiencing the random bit, I haven't used XFS
> with that kernel. 
> 
> I wsa just curious if anyone else was tinkering along the same lines
> as I was...
> 

gentoo has a lot of experience selecting and supplying kernel patches
that work, and they haven't yet offered the kernel preemptive and
low-latency patches along with XFS - just one or the other.  My bet
is: this is not a stable choice at present.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla