Re: [Sheflug] State of RAID and VM subsystems.

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Barrie Bremner wrote:

> There have also been hints at problems with the memory system in
> 2.2.16-18. What's the crack with that?

With 2.2 Alan is trying to keep it very stable (like 2 months between
versions). Maybe this is why. It seems like Alan has some very defensive
email filters BTW. :)

> With 2.4.0, and its reworked systems, are there any major problems -
> such as the funky VM system that seemed to be the main issue for a while
> around 2.4.0-test10 to -test12 or there abouts?
> It seems that the main stuff is behaving itself now.
>  Which RAID system is in 2.4.0?

Last change was this year, so RAID has changed. Dunno exactly what version
it is.
The VM is OK, TBH I forget what 2.2 was like, since my main box runs 2.4.
Not excellent, sometimes it seems to use memory a bit strange (it let's
gcc use 90M of memory when I only have 10 physical left) but it's usable.

>  Only my workstation runs 2.4.0, the rest will probably stay on 2.2.xx
> kernels for a while, so I'm still interested on how that is going.

>From what Alan says it's staying pretty stable (not many new versions, and
mainly critical stuff).

>  Besides reading kernel traffic, are there any idiots-guides to the
> state of things?

linux24.sourceforge.net was decent, I haven't seen it recently.
Also the mailing list archive at http://boudicca.tux.org/ is a good place
to go. (Sorry I didn't give the full URL, as I seem to have broken KDE :)


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