> Just to put it right, 2.6.18 (debian etch) is the last kerlenl, which
> survives on our mildly loaded servers more than a few hours. All kernel
> starting from 2.6.20 have locked up on our servers.
>
> And yes, it's shame that such a kernel has made it into a LTS. Even more
> bothering is the way, developers cope with this problem: No reaction :(
Which is exactly why, when I reinstall some version of linux on my
laptop, I'm going to go with a release from Redhat.
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Wolfgang Glas wrote:
> Just to put it right, 2.6.18 (debian etch) is the last kerlenl, which
> survives on our mildly loaded servers more than a few hours. All kernel
> starting from 2.6.20 have locked up on our servers.
>
> And yes, it's shame that such a kernel has made it into a LTS. Even more
> bothering is the way, developers cope with this problem: No reaction :(
Which is exactly why, when I reinstall some version of linux on my
laptop, I'm going to go with a release from Redhat.