[gentoo-kernel] Re: Which Kernel?

["Gino!" <ginolovesyou@gmail.com>]

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Thanks for the response..

I think I will go with 3.4 release and stay there for a while.

Gino

On 02/25/2013 06:51 AM, Tom Wijsman wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:05:01 -0500
> "Gino!" <ginolovesyou@gmail.com> 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
> 
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