Re: [gentoo-cluster] Most stable kernel for mpich2 cluster?

[George Robb]

Use caution with the 2.6.x series for OpenMosix the kernel is great  
but, the new tools are still very Alpha (2006-05-21 - Alpha openMosix  
2.6 Tools will remain for Developers only until released as Beta.   
quote from: http://openmosix.sourceforge.net

;)

George



On Oct 19, 2006, at 9:30 AM, Owen Jacob wrote:

> Hi
>
> Sorry to hijack the thread but i have a quick question. Is the
> recommendation to use a vanilla kernel and then patch openmosix onto
> it or use the openmosix ebuild? I'm looking to use the 2.6 series to
> build a small cluster (only 3 machines) and i would like to use a
> reasonably recent kernel (I think stable vanilla is at 2.6.17.8 atm
> in portage which would be ideal).
>
> Regards
> Owen
>
> On 19/10/06, Eric Thibodeau < kyron@××××××××.com> wrote:
> Panos,
>
>         Any two, three machines connected together is a cluster ;)
> As for the kernel, IIRC, the "vanilla kernel" directive is only for
> people attempting to build an openmosix cluster (doesn't seem to be
> your case).
>
> Eric
> Le lundi 16 octobre 2006 10:11, Christopoulos Panagiwtis a écrit:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I build a cluster for Technological Institute of Athens, here, in
> Greece, with gentoo. My hardware is sixteen HP DL380 with 3.00GHz
> Xeon(do not laugh, I know that my cluster is too small for those you
> design and maintain). I read in gentoo hpc documentantion that I
> have to install the pure vanilla-sources but I have problem to
> decide the best version. 2.6.18.1 is out but I think that it' s not
> a good idea to install the latest kernel, so, I would like to tell
> me your opinion(eg, I think debian is using 2.6.8(too old!))
> >
> > Panos
>
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> 2006-05-21 - Alpha openMosix 2.6 Tools will remain for Developers
> only until released as Beta.


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