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Nick Rout wrote: |
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> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:27:28 -0500 |
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> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I'm in the process of installing gentoo now, in the hope of getting it to |
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>> work more reliably (and more up-to-date) than Debian. Debian's 2.6.18-3 |
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>> kernel includes backported msync-optimising patches from 2.19 that don't |
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>> work properly and have the effect of sometimes causing serious |
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>> file-system damage. (see |
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>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=401006 if you're curious |
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>> about gory details). |
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>> |
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>> What I was wondering was whether a similar misfortune has befallen |
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>> gentoo's 2.6.18 kernel, or whether gentoo's kernel developers have just |
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>> left the 2.6.19 patches in 2.6.19. |
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>> |
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>> Maybe I'm being silly asking about this, but I have become paranoid about |
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>> severe file system damage. |
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>> |
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>> -- hendrik |
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> there are a number of kernels you can install in gentoo - see inside the |
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> directory /usr/portage/sys-kernel. You can also see what patches have been |
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> applied by looking at the ebuilds. |
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You may also want to browse the devs ML where you may find announcements |
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similar to this: |
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http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_141891.xml |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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