From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9931 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 17:33:05 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 6 Dec 2004 17:33:05 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CbMjR-0006Qk-FW for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:33:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 11810 invoked by uid 89); 6 Dec 2004 17:32:48 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 23097 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2004 17:32:48 +0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=p0tYWPSfv/Np6DMdgeYPUs3YZb0PE8CV74sCNBs6uFr5RwS4ZiA3psi84035/AKMGksQC+SpllkF3+9ldXtfSD7beUtvRVz44Tn+sky1gBke6dWgWm6ybbMKMVPbUqQitXOzd7gMw/TIhFqMlZ+jIrgxtGr0nRx8vNQMi5/t72Q= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:30:32 -0700 From: Collins Richey Reply-To: Collins Richey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <41B49240.7010602@xvalheru.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <41B49240.7010602@xvalheru.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which kernel ??? 2.4 or 2.6 X-Archives-Salt: 66071546-2a1b-4a23-bc9a-81b718fc444b X-Archives-Hash: 6d739bc1409e2bf57cad54298c88d00a On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:09:20 +0100, pat wrote: > Hi All, > > I have question. Which kernel is better 2.4 or 2.6 ??? I want to install > Gentoo 2004.3 and I'm new to Gentoo. There isn't a simple answer to that question. 2.6 has new features and may break a very few components. 2.4 works just fine. If you want to start with 2.6, there is a separate bootstrap26.sh procedure for doing that from a stage1 install. There could be some problems. Check forums or this list archives for more information. OTOH, as a new user, you may want to stick with the standard 2.4 instructions and reserve building a 2.6 kernel for a later date after you have a running system and after you have become more familiar with gentoo. Gentoo has not yet switched over to 2.6 for the standad install. I'm not trying to discourage you, and I did indeed install a 2.6 kernel at my initial install, but you need to be prepared to recover from potential unusual problems if you take that approach. > > And is it necessary to have nptl install for 2.6 kernel ??? I think yea, > but I want to be shure. > Unless you are running highly thread-intensive applications (java, maybe), you probably won't notice much difference with or without nptl. You can run 2.6 with or without nptl, but it is necessary to be running a 2.6 kernel to enable nptl. If you are intending to do that from the initial install, you need to select the smp kernel when booting from the LiveCD, since the default kernel on the LiveCD is still 2.4. After you are up and running, do this: 1. emerge a 2.6 kernel source, build a kernel, and boot from that kernel. 2. emerge -C linux24-headers 3. emerge linux26-headers 4. set USE="nptl" or USE="nptlonly" 5. emerge glibc 6. you may need to emerge a few additional packages if anything stops working. Good luck and welcome to gentoo. If you don't understand any of this, try searching the forum entries, then ask more questions. -- Collins -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list