Messages in this thread | | | From | Fred Reimer <> | Subject | Re: I vote for updated RAID and KNFSD | Date | Sat, 11 Sep 1999 10:47:20 -0400 |
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On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, M Carling wrote: > Everyone seems to agree that the "stable" kernels could and should be more > stable. I've suggested a methodology for achieving increased stability. > Several posters don't like my suggestion, but they haven't offered an > alternative. > > M Carling
How about recommending to your Wall Street crowd that they only use kernel updates as provided by the distribution vendor they choose? I'd find it quite shocking and frankly unbelievable that companies that are always looking for someone to sue should they have problems would internally develop their own distributions or use "raw" kernel updates. Using distribution "kernels" is the safest and "stablest" method for them to keep up to date and remain "secure."
I don't think I can say this loud enough but, there is no reason that people who are not "developers" should be using even stable kernel releases. Many probably would not agree with that, but there have been so many patches installed by distributions that a user would have to integrate in order to continue using their system shoud they make a "custom" kernel that they would have to be knowledgable enough to handle the userland updates themselves. I think this whining and bickering about putting a "real" RAID system into the "stable" kernel is unbelieveable.
fwr
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