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From: 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] 2.6.20-r2 is slow!?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 17:20:57
Message-Id: 5efabb80705021019q29b3097dj71063996ad937448@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] 2.6.20-r2 is slow!? by Caleb Cushing
1 Thank You!! for the quick response.
2
3 Yes.... please do let me see your config file. I've been thinking of doing
4 this for a while, and now is a good time.
5
6 Are you running 2.6.20x? If yes, is it as responsive as '18x ?
7
8 TIA
9
10 On 5/1/07, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@×××××.com> wrote:
11 >
12 > don't know about being slow but iptables had major changes in 2.6.20.x so
13 > you probably will have to go through those manually. I can give you my
14 > config for iptables if you need help getting it working.
15 >
16 > On 5/1/07, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@×××××.com> wrote:
17 > >
18 > > Just installed 2.6.20-r2, and find it particularly slow - slow to boot,
19 > > slow to operate (high cpu), while 2.6.18-r6 is quick, with low cpu
20 > > useage.
21 > >
22 > > Any ideas, please? (e.g. there was a configuration option a few releases
23 > > ago that snuck in and slowed things down; I've forgotten which it was :-( )
24 > >
25 > > (Same kernel configurations; had to update udev from 104-r12 to 109-r1
26 > > to keep from crashing during the boot process; replaced firehol with
27 > > shorewall 3.4.2, which works on 2.6.18-r6 just fine, but fails on
28 > > 2.6.20-r2 . Did not upgrade gradm, as it's likely I'll stay with '18)
29 > >
30 > > TIA
31 > >
32 >
33 >
34 >
35 > --
36 > Caleb Cushing

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