From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr8yC-0008VC-MS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:37:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8EF8D21C095; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:37:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 683C921C066 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:36:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com ([209.85.161.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qr8xD-002dnV-IV for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:36:15 +0700 Received: by fxd23 with SMTP id 23so1173308fxd.40 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:36:10 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.15.13 with SMTP id i13mr11267753faa.51.1312983370961; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:36:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.100.4 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:36:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86aabhh12r.fsf@jane.chrekh.se> References: <86aabhh12r.fsf@jane.chrekh.se> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:36:10 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: linux-headers-2.6.38 From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 72417e674825449840f360fa54940ef1 On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 20:02, wrote: > Pandu Poluan writes: > >> While I'm about to do an `emerge -e @world` ... >> >> Should I `emerge -av "=3Dsys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.38" ` ? >> >> Any benefits over the current "sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.36.1" ? > > There is at least a theoretical benifit if you set NPTL_KERN_VER=3D2.6.38 > in make.conf and recompile glibc. That way glibc could use things not > present in older kernels. > > I haven't researched if there are any such things, perhaps someone else > knows. > Hmmm... without a reference, I'd rather not do something too drastic... > Also, beware. If you recompile glibc withe NPTL_KERN_VER set, you can't > boot with older kernels anymore. > Can you explain what did you mean with "older kernels"? Kernels older than a certain version, or a previously-compiled kernel on my system? Anyways, this is a fresh install, so I don't think I'll have any trouble. But will still appreciate a reference and/or explanation re: NPTL_KERN_VER, though. Rgds --=20 FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan