Linux 2.5 Kernel

[Vadatajs]

Does anybody here use the 2.5 kernel? Are there any improvements? Is it stable? It's listed as beta at www.kernel.org, I am just wondering if it is worth trying.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

the odd numbered kernels (2.1, 2.3, 2.5 etc) are beta/testing kernels, its one of those things....if you dont know if you need it or not, you definitely dont.

 

[Vadatajs]

I'm aware I don't need it, it is a beta after all, I just wonder if anybody has had any experience with it.

 

[cleverhandle]

I've heard it's still quite "beta" at the moment. Not for the timid.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< I've heard it's still quite "beta" at the moment. Not for the timid. >>



Not for the non-developer

 

[Vadatajs]

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<< I've heard it's still quite "beta" at the moment. Not for the timid. >>



Not for the non-developer >>



Ok, I won't bother with it then, 2.4.18 is working fine for me.

 

[n0cmonkey]

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<< I've heard it's still quite "beta" at the moment. Not for the timid. >>



Not for the non-developer >>



Ok, I won't bother with it then, 2.4.18 is working fine for me. >>



There is really no point in messing w ith 2.5 right now unless you write Linux kernel code. When the RCs come out, then beta testers should really jump in and play around. Of course this is just my opinion

 

[Electrode]

Personally, I've only gotten a 2.5.x kernel to compile once, and that one didn't boot.

If there's a particular feature from the 2.5.x kernels you want (like preemptability, support for new hardware, etc) look around the people directory of the kernel.org site for patches that add the stuff you want to a 2.4.x release kernel. That's what I do.

 

[Sunner]

I tried to compile a 2.5 once, I think it was 2.5.6, the compile failed with some errors about 15 seconds into the make.
Didnt bother messing anymore with it.

 

[DaHitman]

Wait until they get into the high-teens... usually by then, every now and then there will be a pretty stable kernel...

People will say... "yeah... I am runing 2.5.18... its pretty stable"... or "I am running 2.5.22..and it runs fine.. but 2.5.23 IDE disks stopped working"..


Also, be aware usually when you want to run the "development" kernel you have to upgrade a bunch of other critical stuff like libc, gcc etc.. to the latest versions which breaks backwards compatability and makes your system unusable then by the "normal" kernel lots of times...

Its best to have a test partition, to try this on... it only takes an extra 4GB partition to slap a second linux install on your system and you can trash that at will and not affect your main linux install.