[gentoo-dev] kernel 2.4.10 is awesome

[Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>]

Hi everyone,

I just added linux, linux-sources, linux-headers and linux-extras-2.4.10 to
CVS.  These new kernels are *amazing*.  Right now, the "linux" package uses a
goofy default configuration; use linux-sources instead.  Instructions below.

I think you'll notice a *tremendous* speed improvement thanks to Andrea
Archangeli's VM rewrite and the included preemptible kernel patches.  It's like
getting a 2.6 kernel 18 months early :)  

To use this new kernel, do a:

# emerge sys-kernel/linux-sources-2.4.10
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig
# make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules; make modules_install
# mount /boot
(on rc5-)
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/boot/bzImage-2.4.10
# vim /boot/boot/grub/menu.lst
(on rc6+)
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.4.10
# vim /bootgrub/menu.lst
(then)
# umount /boot
# reboot

Best Regards,

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