On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Andrew <ni...@seti.kr.ua> wrote: > >> I'm not sure I understand why someone wants a 2.6 kernel to run a >> standalone LEAF/Bering firewall. Can't find an old box and needs >> the hardware support for a box that's entirely too powerful? ;-) >> > I use LEAF for more powerful tasks that home router/storage, and we have > more than 400Mbps on some LEAF routers. I don't use any other distro on > them by some reasons: > 1) LEAF doesn't need HDD, it's enough to insert small IDE SSD - that is > cheaper than HDD and have higher reliability in R/O mode > 2) LEAF is easier in maintenance & update/backup > 3) LEAF takes much less resources than full-sized distro (for RAM - it > takes up to 2-4 times less memory than non-uClibc distro) > 4) It's very easy to deploy new LEAF box for replacement old one > And there is only short list of advantages. > The main disadvantage for me was very rare kernel with ugly support for > new hardware - so, when I take new LAN card (i82576) and discover that > drivers for 2.4 are quite buggy, I decided to try to migrate on 2.6 > kernel, and it was easier that I think; it takes for me approx one week. > Yes, somewhere there are dirty places that must be cleaned, and there > are some features that I planned to add some later (because main > objective for me was only migration to 2.6 kernel) - but now it's alive, > and working on some my boxes.
You could also have switched to alpine linux, which satisfies 1-4 above and also provides you with a recent 2.6 grsecured kernel by default. -- Natanael Copa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
