Re: Stable kernel update

2002-01-14 Thread mulix
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > > I'm rather confused at the moment. Does this kernel contain the new > > Virtual Memory manager from Andrea Archangeli or does it use the > > original VM that was present in the older 2.4.x releases? > > The new one. Old one is deprecated officially (l

Re: Stable kernel update

2002-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> I'm rather confused at the moment. Does this kernel contain the new > Virtual Memory manager from Andrea Archangeli or does it use the > original VM that was present in the older 2.4.x releases? The new one. Old one is deprecated officially (look at Redhat's Rawhide kernel - 2.4.16) > I know

Re: Stable kernel update

2002-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
> i find your use of 2.4.18pre3-ac2 and 'stable' in the same sentance > amusing, if a bit oxymoronic, since that kernel has been out for all of > two days. maybe it does beautifully under stress, but what if it has a > hidden bug that causes it to degrade over time, so that in a week it's > unusab

Re: Stable kernel update

2002-01-14 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Hi People, > > After much more stress tests with the new VM (36 hours tests and rapid emails > swapping) I'm happy to announce: > > Kernel 2.4.17 + Marcello's pre3 + Alan Cox ac2 patch = kernel 2.4.18-pre3-ac2 > is the the most stable tests with the new

Re: Stable kernel update

2002-01-14 Thread mulix
On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > Kernel 2.4.17 + Marcello's pre3 + Alan Cox ac2 patch = kernel > 2.4.18-pre3-ac2 is the the most stable tests with the new VM, after > 12 hours of heavy stress testing (tests include: parallel compiling > X + KDE + running OpenGL demos + live file system

Stable kernel update

2002-01-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi People, After much more stress tests with the new VM (36 hours tests and rapid emails swapping) I'm happy to announce: Kernel 2.4.17 + Marcello's pre3 + Alan Cox ac2 patch = kernel 2.4.18-pre3-ac2 is the the most stable tests with the new VM, after 12 hours of heavy stress testing (tests i