> Maarten De Boer wrote: > >>and that seems strange? ;-) > > [snip] > > > > anyway, i talked to andrew morton, and he suggests that it is better > > to go for 2.5.x ... > > i have been running 2.5 since patchlevel 68, and it has been working > great for me. i have made no comparative measurements with 2.4+lowlat, > but it "feels" good and is very stable - even most of linus' bitkeeper > snapshots have been ok. > disclaimer: mine is a scsi-only system... > > i'd encourage people to try 2.5 to iron out audio-specific problems > before we go into 2.6-test and the developers get nervous... > I'd second that. I've been running 2.5 on two boxes for awhile. One is a VIA C3 (via82xx) the other is a PIII. (ice1712) Both IDE, both working fine on 2.5.x (Haven't finished sorting out the PIII audio yet, however - total Lack of Free Time)
The 2.5 kernel is moving into the 'must-fix' stage, so now is the time to start running it....and send in those bug reports.. (http://bugme.osdl.org is a good place to cc: 2.5 reports,btw ) cliffw > j�rn > > > -- > All Members shall refrain in their international relations from > the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or > political independence of any state, or in any other manner > inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations. > -- Charter of the United Nations, Article 2.4 > > > J�rn Nettingsmeier > Kurf�rstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany > http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server) > http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/ (Linux Audio Developers) > > > > >
