Hi, >I'd like to take an informal "survey" of what kernel versions people are >using....
Mostly, 2.4.17, the debian default kernel or 2.4.25/6-pa*. >For the last year or two, most of the kernel developers have been >focusing on the 2.5/2.6 kernels; as a result many bugs that were >presented in both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels have been only fixed in 2.6. This >is understandable given that there are only a few active parisc-linux >kernel developers.... moving foward it is becoming more difficult to >support the 2.4.x kernels, and we are finding that we need to put in >some not-so-nice workarounds in some userspace tools to cope with bugs >in the 2.4 kernel. I understand the pain to maintain 2 trees. I once had to maintain 4 separate trees (in SCCS - ouch), which at least doubled the pain, but I think it grows exponential. >So, the question is, how many of you run parisc-linux on 2.4 >"production" systems and "cannot" switch to 2.6? At last count there are >about 1200 registered parisc-linux users on the p-l website, and i know >at least some folks run parisc-linux on decent-sized clusters... so we >definitely don't want to break things if people are using 2.4 actively >on these systems and have legitimate reasons not to move to 2.6.... Right now, I use debian woody on all my boxes and upgrading to testing is a PITA for me, as I only have an ISDN line (*one* line - 64k). I usually install from CD-ROM. >If you are one of those people who really care about 2.4 support, please >speak up now! Actually, I only have two HPPA production systems, my firewall (a 712/80) and a 240, everything else is for fooling around - but both are on debian woody and more or less tied to 2.4. Or are there offical woody backports of the toolchain needed for 2.6 (preferred under 1G...)? CU, Uli -- Dipl. Inf. Ulrich Teichert|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stormweg 24 |listening to: Noticable One (Rotten Apples) 24539 Neumuenster, Germany|Obstacle 1 (Interpol) Paranoia (N.Y. Rel-X)
