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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slow network transfers ... lost interrupts because of clocksource?
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:39:07
Message-Id: 5256BBFF.6010809@xunil.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Slow network transfers ... lost interrupts because of clocksource? by Bruce Hill
1 Am 10.10.2013 14:20, schrieb Bruce Hill:
2 > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 12:18:06AM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
3 >>
4 >> This is 3.8.13 now ... with some changed options, sure.
5 >>
6 >> For now I am happy ... can't believe it yet ;-)
7 >
8 > Why do you use a kernel that has been abandoned?
9 >
10 > https://www.kernel.org/
11 >
12 > You should use a longterm kernel, preferably 3.10 series at this point.
13 >
14 > Why not use 3.8 series, or one marked EOL? Because no more patches will be
15 > applied against them, so no more bug/security fixes.
16
17 3.8.13 is 3.8 series, or ... ?
18
19 I don't plan to stay with 3.8.13, this is just an intermediate step to
20 get a working config. For now I don't have any more lost hpet interrupts
21 etc and the LAN speed is fine. Emerging packages as well ...
22
23 From this config I will then try 3.10.7-r1 again.

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