On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:39:43 -0500 (EST) "Roy Kidder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Patrick B�rjesson said: > >> I had a question about upgrading the kernel. Currently, the most > >> recent version of the source in portage is 2.4.22. > > > > Huh? How long since you ran 'emerge sync'? Cause the latest vanilla > > kernel in my portage tree is 2.4.24 and that's about the latest > > version in the 2.4-series if you don't want to run pre-releases. > > I actually ran 'emerge sync' this mornining. In my portage tree, the > latest gentoo-source is 2.4.22-r5, which I'm already running. The > latest vanilla-source is 2.4.24. I guess this begs the question: what > is the difference between the gentoo-source and the vanilla-source > kernel? Below is an excerpt from the Gentoo Linux Kernel Guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-kernel.xml): 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. -- Barry Marler Information Analyst II Center for Applied Genetic Technologies University of Georgia Athens, GA USA -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
