Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Which is currently the most stable 2.4 kernel? | Date | Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:25:59 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > Does anyone have any kernel recommendations / > > counter-recommendations, please? One server is SMP, > > the other is UP, and both are Intel architecture. > > PPP is not SMP safe in 2.4.x. You'll run into problems on any kernel > there. Even on single processor systems, you need the ppp patch in > 2.4.9-ac16 or 2.4.11pre1. > > Other than that, 2.4.10 + andrea's vmtweaks patch does well. 2.4.9-ac18 is > a good alternative.
I'd probably apply them to 2.4.7 based trees as they have more history so you can meaningfully answer the reliability question in statistical terms. The others are too new to be 100% sure.
Also for remote systems configure watchdog support. That'll get you out of so many disasters, software, hardware or other that its a godsend - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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