Well, I snipped too much of the original post, so I don't know exactly which kernel was being used now. Anyway, from the page you reference, there is a "gentoo-sources" kernel and a "gs-sources" kernel.
=========================================== gentoo-sources
For most users, the recommended kernel sources are the gentoo-sources. The gentoo-sources package contains specially tuned performance kernel patches designed to optimize tasks such as compiling while listening to music and browsing the web. Most of you who are new to Gentoo have probably never run a system where you are regularly compiling many packages from source while you are doing your normal everyday tasks on your computer. You may find that if you use the vanilla-sources (the official kernel sources released from http://www.kernel.org) normal tasks -- such as listening to music, moving your mouse and the like -- may appear jumpy when you are compiling packages.
The gentoo-sources contain an updated ACPI subsystem and are based on Con Kolivas' high-performance kernel patches (ck-sources). We also support grSecurity (a set of security-related patches with support for ACLs), EVMS(2) (a highly flexible storage management filesystem with easy partition resizing), JFS (IBM's high-performance filesystem), the latest NTFS drivers, and more.
Because the gentoo-sources are targeted at full performance, they are also very good for gaming purposes.
===========================================
gs-sources
For users to whom desktop interactive performance comes as a secondary priority to reliability and hardware support, we have the gs-sources. GS stands for Gentoo Stable (creative, aren't we?). This patch set is tuned and tested to provide the best support for the latest hardware and ensures that your mission critical servers will be up when you need them. This kernel doesn't have some of the most aggressive performance tuning patches from the gentoo-sources, but rest assured, the great performance that you know and love from the vanilla kernels are alive and well. Where possible and without compromising stability we add server related performance patches.
This kernel provides support for the latest ACPI subsystem, EVMS, ECC (required for HA Linux systems), Encrypted Loopback devices, NTFS, Win4Lin and XFS. It also contains updates for IDE, ext3 and several network cards amongst other patches.
In other words, these sources are perfect for servers and High-Availability systems.
===========================================
Now *I* need to double-check which kernel I'm using !! :-) Looking at this page, http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/pkgs/sys-kernel/index.xml, I know I'm using a "2.4.23_pre" kernel, so it appears I've got the 'gs-sources'. Oh well, as it mentions, "hardware support" is improved. Since I couldn't get my USB2 (nForce2 motherboard) to work reliably with any earlier ones, I'll stick with it.
Regards Hall
At 09:35 AM 10/28/2003, you wrote:
That isn't what I read. "gs" stands for gentoo stable and this kernel is more suitable for a production environment than the rest.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml
-Nathan
>-----Original Message----- >From: Hall Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:35 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] an idea > > >On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 22:30, blade- wrote: >> i use the gs sources, had an update today and a few days ago > >The gs-sources track a "pre" kernel. It's similar to the 2.6 kernel in >that it gets frequent updates. It's also a patched/custom >kernel and any >change to the patches would require a kernel package update. >If you want >"stable", i.e. not changing weekly or so, do NOT use that kernel >package. Use the stock "vanilla" kernel, for example. > > >Hall > > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
