On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 01:35:39PM -0700, Anthony wrote: > howdy all, > > I've used debian stable for most of my computers and have always used > the kernel-image-2.4.18-1-k6 package for all my k6 machines I've > started to switch to testing/sarge and notice there was not a specific > k6 build for the 2.6 kernel. Is the i386 kernel the correct one to use? > Is there a reason as to why there is not a specific k6 kernel in testing > as it is in testing? I'm assuming that there are performance > advantages to using a kernel compiled with k6 instructions as opposed > to the i386.
Hi Anthony, the 2.6 kernels in sarge/sid (2.6.7 and 2.6.8) do not have a k6 build. However the 2.4 kernels do (2.4.26 and 2.4.27). I was not involved in the decision not to include a k6 build for 2.6 so I can't comment on that. However, I can say that there is talk of adding some additional builds, particularly smp for all existing builds as well as p4, particularly p4-smp to take advantage of hyperthreading. That will not happen until sarge is out, however, input on what builds are useful is more than welcome. I would be particularly interested to hear if there are any real advantages in a k6 build for 2.6 (or 2.4) over any of the existing builds. -- Horms
