> I would like to get your opinion on that, especially > regarding the following questions: > > 1) should the 2.4 branch be frozen, and if when? Linus/Marcello have already frozen 2.4... I know the only thing keeping me from migrating my personal system at work to 2.6 is the immaturity of linux-vserver. So... my vote is when 2.6.4 is released, 2.4 development should be frozen except for bugfixes. 2.6 is a VERY nice kernel, builds faster, has better memory management... at least on my 1GB machines.. and overall has better support for a wider range of hardware... (the 3ware and megaraid controllers both benefit from a pretty decent code cleanup) > 2) is it bad if 2.4 and 2.6 branches diverge? No. > 3) is multitude (2.4/2.6/2.6SE) preferred over > development speed? Definitely not. I'd love to see a stable 2.6 patchset released ASAP with new capabilities being added to 2.6 with a possible 2.6-mm patchset also. (x86-64 support is a BIG issue for me personally as I have a couple opterons that I'd like to put vserver on... that are already running Gentoo.) > 4) is a 2.4/2.6 migration path important to you? It'd be nice to not have to redo the configs and to be able to drop in a new version of Enrico's tools over the current versions and not have issues. > 5) what branch 2.4, 2.6 or 2.6SE would you prefer? 2.6 or 2.6SE > 6) what branch/version do you currently use/test? 2.4.24-ck1-vs1.3.4 (personal box at work), 2.4.24-vs1.2.4 (production box for client), 2.6.2 (router), 2.6.2 (mp3/audio encoder), 2.6.2-mm/2.4.24-(current experimental vs) planned for dual athlon mp (new box, got it tonight) if 2.4.24 will support my S/ATA 4 port megaraid controller > > TIA, > Herbert
Herbert, let me thank you for your time and effort on this project, beggars can't be choosers, but if I have a choice, those are the votes I will cast. I feel that it's important to look into getting support for 2.6 for the reasons stated above. I'd really rather not be running 2.4 kernels for too much longer on my production machines. Chip irc.oftc.net/#vserver/infowolfe _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver