Re: [Sheflug] RAID and kernel upgrading.

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Will" == Will Newton <will [at] misconception.org.uk> writes:

    Will> From what I've heard about 2.2.15 I/O I would recommend
    Will> holding out for 2.2.16 or taking the plunge with
    Will> 2.4.0test. It is very stable. :)

>From what I've heard, 2.4.0-pre is stable only with Red Hat-supported
hardware.  Older Sparcs, many Alphas, Amigas, Macs, are typically
shit-out-of-luck.

I can verify that for Sparc ELC, with -pre1 I think it was.

People whose opinions I respect say that the quality of the kernel
code is _way_ off compared to a couple of years ago, and many think
that's because there are too many people working on the Linux kernel
who do so primarily for money.

Welcome to the Big Time.

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