> > >
> > > .. and get some of that new VM performance goodness .. (_finally_ I can
> > > stopper my ears against the yells of the FreeBSD crowd that their VM is
> > > better)
> >
> > not only that but with netfilter and all the other network goodies...and
> > with devfs(if a distro implements it...LVM...argghhh!)...and non-blocking
> > SMP... 2.4 is a macho kernel...wow!
>
> If I remember correctly, LVM is already part of the latest SuSE
> distro... but not with the new kernel though. Anyways, wrt to
> LVM, I got the chance to play with it (on a box with RedHat 6.2 +
> updates + helix and kernel 2.4.0 + reiserfs + LVM) during the
> weekend, and resizing filesystems online got me so excited!
>
yup. image all bad ass *nix have it now linux has it too. btw, the 2.4
LVM is the official release. the other patches from SuSE are *unblessed
by torvalds* if it means something to you.
> Wrt netfilter, it comes with loadable ipfwadm and ipchains
> modules that provide backwards compatibility with the older
> filtering tools. This means, no need to rewrite ipchains
> filtering rules to the new format inorder to use it with the new
> kernel.
>
but, frankly, i think netfilter is worth learning because it is more
compact that the two previous incarnations.
> > > but my problems are..
> > >
> > > 1) updating to 2.4.0 will require (to my knowledge) upgrades of glibc and
> > > mod_utils only.. but glibc is like the most important bit after the
> > > kernel.. will it break my beloved oracle 8.1.7 enterprise edition
> > > install? (no, not production, just my toy)
>
> The Changes file does not specifically require the newer glibc,
> only modutils is mentioned. In fact, I'm still using the
> following from RedHat updates even after the switch:
>
> $ rpm -q glibc modutils
> glibc-2.1.3-21
> modutils-2.3.21-0.6.2
>
> > > 2) will anything else break? i know i will need an updated DRM for my 3d
> > > acceleration, but is there anything else to bite me in the *ss?
> >
> > nothing will be broken...well almost
> > nothing. you have to deal with apps that are kernel friendly like ppp and
> > pcmcia to name a few. but aside from that UPGRADE.
>
> Nothing will break unless you try it out. :) Seriously, the only
> main reference I had during the upgrade is the Changes file. As
> an example, it even outlines the changes need (on
> /etc/conf.modules) to make ppp work...
>
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