From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBAF1198005 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 06EF1E0796; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:51:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jacques.telenet-ops.be (jacques.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.50]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C90E078A for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:51:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([94.226.55.127]) by jacques.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id 4br91l0012khLEN0Jbr90F; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:51:09 +0100 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:51:09 +0100 From: Tom Wijsman To: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] Which Kernel? Message-ID: <20130225125109.2344b99e@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.16; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/bN9JwVhAjr0V_65v.V0LhU7"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: b83a05b5-a814-413f-895d-6f724e22887c X-Archives-Hash: d4cb8dc34e881be2561c22f9099c9ef1 --Sig_/bN9JwVhAjr0V_65v.V0LhU7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:05:01 -0500 "Gino!" wrote: > So, it seems like gentoo-sources loves EOL kernels.. Well, if they EOL both 3.5 and 3.6 there isn't much we can do about that. Although, since we're now with at least two we try to provide everything in 3.x. So the only thing we don't do for the moment is the 2.x kernels, there is one in the vanilla sources if needed. > I always move up to the latest amd64 stable, but 3.7.9 is > super buggy (nvidia and aufs3 complain among others) The problem here is those external drivers are not following along the kernel changes in a timely matter, not the other way around. If needed, you can find patches for them by now; there is even a patch to run NVIDIA on 3.8, it's just that NVIDIA takes their time to apply them. > so I'm staying at 3.6.11... although I would feel allot more > comfortable with something like 3.4.33!! but its at 3.4.9... What's wrong with 3.6.11 then? And yes, I'll try to check up with mpagano if it is possible to stabilize one or two kernels from those gaps. > Do you gentoo-sources folks recommend a particular release for Long > Term Stable ongoing support??? Thats the one i want to use. You've named them, if you want to go for "stable" versions you can take your pick between 3.4.9, 3.5.7, 3.6.11 or 3.7.9. I assume you will want to avoid the EOL kernels, so you might end up deciding between 3.4.9 (where we might stabilize ~3.4.33) or 3.7.9 (for which NVIDIA and other external drivers will eventually work, you can patch them). With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : TomWij@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D --Sig_/bN9JwVhAjr0V_65v.V0LhU7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRK1AxAAoJEJWyH81tNOV9UUoIAIeLEc16egs21O2njDOORju3 d8Me8GGFxbITBzVVJQTedH/ttWhNuNFdRg7JzP5pXv2+HRBKqjV0fCTC2PSl5ATn +hC2p25bYegmPvzoDiZg7hTdmlT83YTXJfov461MA/BmtEjBRgsNqqCeOqQxWQDe fVej4qjBQB4h/wpbAV6peKe/h+0sgvm0ZjGgYV5POGgfRvifRKGpRQwizR+FWL/M 07BFuMBQq91gNvTRmKG62dGTMN95xKB1fBYgSbBLzX3sVutRCy5Ij3zD+vRZxwf8 gikwcRv+jzOHaRHgo4c0A8c3NMXJwXGQJoZnALdkYqn59NMwmooYEbLcr4Vcddo= =NRf+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/bN9JwVhAjr0V_65v.V0LhU7--