Most people I know run CENTOS when running Linux in production environments. There are many, many reasons for this, as there are many more gatekeepers before code gets into the kernel, and the ABI is 5-year stable. - RHEL support can be cross-utilized - Redhat doesnt break things (often) - once it works, it works for the life of the OS - The associated documentation is probably the best of all Linuxes (RHEL+CENTOS) - The CENTOS update servers get over 10,000,000+ update ip addresses. Arguably, this is probably one of if not the most deployed Linux distros ever. (CENTOS 2+3+4+5) I strongly vote that CentOS be considered "The Platform" - if it doesnt work there, there is something wrong with it, IMHO. Nobody uses kernel.org sources anymore. I stopped doing that about 2.6.9, they routinely break things and actually making useful kernels from kernel.org is certainly hit-miss. They garuntee nothing. Centos kernels first go though: "testing" by kernel.org testing by Redhat testing by CentOS builders testing by CentOS community
CentOS offers the best all-round Linux experience, IMHO, right now, and I've put a lot of miles on Linux. If someone "blames centos," it is in the truest spirit of openSource to inform redhat and centos (redhat has an open bug server), and let 10,000,000+ people benefit from your wisdom. ----- Original Message ---- From: Luca Deri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Cc: CentOS mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:07:59 PM Subject: Re: [Ntop-misc] PF_RING crashed the CentOS5 - BUG: soft lockup - CPU#7 Ian I use the latest Ubuntu with kernel.org sources Luca ---- Luca Deri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You must be the change you want to see in the world Mahatma Gandhi On Jul 29, 2008, at 6:48 PM, Ian jonhson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Luca Deri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ian >> from the trace below I don't see an error related to PF_RING but a >> soft-lockup (see below). >> >> I have tested PF_RING on 2.6.24 and .26 and have not experienced >> the problem >> you reported. > > hmm... I have restarted the operating system with CentOS's original > kernel and > done again my experiments. I found that bug has not occurred again. > > I don't know why. Maybe, the traditional libpcap has no provided > enough capability > like PF_RING. Or, perhapse something wrong is indeed in patched > kernel or Dell > hardware drivers. > > BTW, could you tell me what OS distribution you used in your testing > PF_RING, > RedHat AS4 or Others? And what kernel source codes are downloaded, > from > vendor's websites or www.kernel.org? > > I very thank you if you can recommend what OS distribution and what > kernel version > are put together can achieve the maximal stability. > > Thank anybody! > >
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