On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 20:02, <c...@chrekh.se> wrote: > Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> writes: > >> While I'm about to do an `emerge -e @world` ... >> >> Should I `emerge -av "=sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.38" ` ? >> >> Any benefits over the current "sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.6.36.1" ? > > There is at least a theoretical benifit if you set NPTL_KERN_VER=2.6.38 > in make.conf and recompile glibc. That way glibc could use things not > present in older kernels. > > I haven't researched if there are any such things, perhaps someone else > knows. >
Hmmm... without a reference, I'd rather not do something too drastic... > Also, beware. If you recompile glibc withe NPTL_KERN_VER set, you can't > boot with older kernels anymore. > Can you explain what did you mean with "older kernels"? Kernels older than a certain version, or a previously-compiled kernel on my system? Anyways, this is a fresh install, so I don't think I'll have any trouble. But will still appreciate a reference and/or explanation re: NPTL_KERN_VER, though. Rgds -- FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
