[gentoo-dev] kernel 2.4.0.11-r3

[gentoo-dev] kernel 2.4.0.11-r3

[drobbins]

Hi All,

I've committed linux-2.4.0.11-r3 and linux-sources-2.4.0.11-r3 to portage
(sys-kernel category).  This is the 2.4.0-ac11 kernel with various patches
added, including lm_sensors, the latest (2 days old) LVM fixes and tools, and
the latest reiserfs support.

There are a couple notable things about this kernel.  First, it's really fast
(thanks to the sheer quantity of improvements in ac11).  Secondly, this is the
most recent version of the kernel we have.  There are some 2.4.1 kernels on
Portage, but these are Linus kernels and are older than 2.4.0.11-r3.  So be
careful :)

An excellent way to start using the new kernel is to merge the linux-sources
ebuild -- then you can simply "cd /usr/src/linux" and configure, compile and
install the new kernel and modules and give it a try.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel 2.4.0.11-r3

[Achim Gottinger]

drobbins@gentoo.org wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've committed linux-2.4.0.11-r3 and linux-sources-2.4.0.11-r3 to portage
> (sys-kernel category).  This is the 2.4.0-ac11 kernel with various patches
> added, including lm_sensors, the latest (2 days old) LVM fixes and tools, and
> the latest reiserfs support.
>
> There are a couple notable things about this kernel.  First, it's really fast
> (thanks to the sheer quantity of improvements in ac11).  Secondly, this is the
> most recent version of the kernel we have.  There are some 2.4.1 kernels on
> Portage, but these are Linus kernels and are older than 2.4.0.11-r3.  So be
> careful :)
>
> An excellent way to start using the new kernel is to merge the linux-sources
> ebuild -- then you can simply "cd /usr/src/linux" and configure, compile and
> install the new kernel and modules and give it a try.
>

Another notable change is that this kernel includes Neil Browns and Chris Masons
patches for
nfs/reiserfs. They are of beta quality but we now can use gentoo-linux as an
nfs-server. :-)

Achim

>
> Best Regards,
>
> --
> Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@gentoo.org>
> President/CEO                                   http://www.gentoo.org
> Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel 2.4.0.11-r3

[drobbins]

On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 07:03:53PM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote:

> Another notable change is that this kernel includes Neil Browns and Chris
> Masons patches for nfs/reiserfs. They are of beta quality but we now can use
> gentoo-linux as an nfs-server. :-)

Another thing I forgot to mention (I *knew* there was something else) is that
this new kernel also requires that you install the latest version of
sys-apps/reiserfs-utils.  The reiserfs-utils are no longer included with the
kernel sources, so this package is required (you'll notice that I added it
as a runtime dependency for the linux and linux-sources packages).  Thanks
to Achim for his work on this kernel as well as the reiserfs-utils package.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.