Alle 11:41, gioved� 31 marzo 2005, Frederik Schueler ha scritto: > > I saw that there is no compiled in support in > > kernel-image-2.6.11-9-amd64-k8 for preemptive kernel, although it sit > > there in the 32 bit kernels. > > i386 kernels up to 2.6.10 are currently the only ones with CONFIG_PREEMT > enabled, starting with 2.6.11 this changed since some drivers Oops or panic > with it enabled (3w-xxxx for example). For what concerns amd64, PREEMPT > caused only trouble so far (random Oopses and panics), thus it was > deactivated in the early stages of the kernel-image packages (see the > CHangelog, it happened arounfd August last year).
Nice reply, thanks a lot. > > It is a bug or an advice? > > PREEMPT for amd64 is currently being worked at in 2.6.12-rc, maybe it > will become stable for custom kernels soon. So preempt will come back after .12 will be released? -- Marco Amadori :wq
