Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] 2.6.20-r2 is slow!?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 19:34:05
Message-Id: 81bfc67a0705021232s71d9907bq16472c43421a401b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] 2.6.20-r2 is slow!? by 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@gmail.com>
1 I've attached the config, and I haven't noticed any issues with slowness I'm
2 running 2.6.20 on 3 boxes, but not hardened. so it could be a hardened
3 patch. I just know iptables had major changes.
4
5 On 5/2/07, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >
7 > Thank You!! for the quick response.
8 >
9 > Yes.... please do let me see your config file. I've been thinking of
10 > doing this for a while, and now is a good time.
11 >
12 > Are you running 2.6.20x? If yes, is it as responsive as '18x ?
13 >
14 > TIA
15 >
16 > On 5/1/07, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide@×××××.com> wrote:
17 > >
18 > > don't know about being slow but iptables had major changes in 2.6.20.xso you probably will have to go through those manually. I can give you my
19 > > config for iptables if you need help getting it working.
20 > >
21 > > On 5/1/07, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@×××××.com> wrote:
22 > > >
23 > > > Just installed 2.6.20-r2, and find it particularly slow - slow to
24 > > > boot, slow to operate (high cpu), while 2.6.18-r6 is quick, with low
25 > > > cpu useage.
26 > > >
27 > > > Any ideas, please? (e.g. there was a configuration option a few
28 > > > releases ago that snuck in and slowed things down; I've forgotten which it
29 > > > was :-( )
30 > > >
31 > > > (Same kernel configurations; had to update udev from 104-r12 to
32 > > > 109-r1 to keep from crashing during the boot process; replaced firehol with
33 > > > shorewall 3.4.2, which works on 2.6.18-r6 just fine, but fails on
34 > > > 2.6.20-r2 . Did not upgrade gradm, as it's likely I'll stay with '18)
35 > > >
36 > > > TIA
37 > > >
38 > >
39 > >
40 > >
41 > > --
42 > > Caleb Cushing
43 >
44 >
45 >
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49 Caleb Cushing

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Re: [gentoo-hardened] 2.6.20-r2 is slow!? 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9ub0o@×××××.com>