Now running 2.5.40-bk4

[Collins]

On 06 Oct 2002 00:15:35 +0100 Bob Raymond <guarneri at mindspring.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 23:51, Keith Antoine wrote:
> > On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 07:01, Bob Raymond wrote:
> > > I finally got 2.5.40 compiled, by applying the BK4 patch.  It's
> > > definitely different from 2.4.19.  Sound quality is definitely
> > > better (I have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz), and I like having
> > > Alsa part of the kernel now.  It seems somewhat slower, though,
> > > and hogs my memory.  I'll admit to using bloatware, but as soon
> > > as KDE gets fired up, I check free, and it reports about 400mb
> > > of RAM in use, whereas I only used about 150 to 200mb with
> > > 2.4.19.  I don't think my data's about to get lost, so I'd say
> > > if you're feeling up to a new kernel, try this one.
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob Raymond
> > 
> > I am stuck with 2.5.40, so what is a BK4 patch when its at home ?
> 
> BK4 patch is latest from the BitKeeper tree. I needed it to get XFS
> to compile.  I'm not terribly happy with the kernel, as it's messed
> up USB printing slightly- getting that sorted out right now.
> 

Unlike my experiences with the 2.3.x development series (which 
seemed better and faster than 2.2.x stable series), I have yet to 
read about anything in 2.5.x that makes me want to swim in this 
pond before it is  2.6 or 3.0.  Have you found any great benefits?

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