First LinuxQuestions.org kernel patch is released

jeremy · 08-28-2002, 03:52 PM

I am happy to announce that the first LinuxQuestions.org kernel release is ready. I started out very modestly, but things will grow from here. This release includes Rik's rmap14a and Ingo's O(1) scheduler. More patches will be added soon. If there is a patch you would like to see included let me know. This has been running on a test machine for about a day with no problems and this site will be running it starting tonight, but use this at your own risk. As always bug reports and suggestions are welcome.

2.4.19-lq1 - http://kernel.linuxquestions.org/2.4.19-lq1
MD5 - http://kernel.linuxquestions.org/2.4.19-lq1.md5

Thanks,
--jeremy

Mara · 08-28-2002, 05:18 PM

Looks interesting... But I don't have a machine to try. Maybe it's time to find it

MasterC · 08-28-2002, 05:24 PM

Wow, that's really cool Jeremy! It caught my eye on the front page while Forums began to load.

Cool

unSpawn · 08-28-2002, 07:44 PM

Excellent, I'll try it. Was your test box a SMP?

jeremy · 08-28-2002, 07:50 PM

The test box was not, but the box this site runs on is.

--jeremy

jeremy · 08-28-2002, 08:19 PM

You can also get the full patched source tree here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxquestions

--jeremy

jeremy · 08-29-2002, 11:07 AM

This machine is now running 2.4.19-lq1.

--jeremy

MasterC · 08-29-2002, 11:49 AM

Sweet

I see no problems. Nice Jeremy.

Very Cool

Bouddha · 08-30-2002, 04:02 AM

What does this patch ?
I think is a real good idea to do smthg like that !

NeoAnderson · 08-30-2002, 05:23 AM

what's the difference between this one and the official 2.4.19 kernel?

MasterC · 08-30-2002, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jeremy
... This release includes Rik's rmap14a and Ingo's O(1) scheduler. More patches will be added soon. If there is a patch you would like to see included let me know....

2.4.19-lq1 - http://kernel.linuxquestions.org/2.4.19-lq1
MD5 - http://kernel.linuxquestions.org/2.4.19-lq1.md5

Thanks,
--jeremy

That's 2 things that it includes, and you can click that first link to see what's added.

HTH

rverlander · 08-30-2002, 07:32 PM

Register the project on freshmeat and try to merge some stuff from alan cox's patches into lq kernel patches

jeremy · 08-30-2002, 08:17 PM

Actually I registered it on FM about 5 hours ago, but the project has not been approved yet

If you have any specific patches in mind feel free to post them and I will take a look.

--jeremy

rverlander · 08-31-2002, 06:25 AM

Looks like approved now.

Some patches that would be nice to have would be support for other file systems (Like XFS - http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/, Improved ext3 - http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ and the TUX)

oilyfish · 08-31-2002, 06:50 AM

Would love to have SWSUSP and ACPI patches incorporated. Have been trying to do it myself and failing miserably.