Holy crap Batman!
Just compiled and installed the 2.6.11-test kernel on my Slack 9.1 drive and this freaking thing just flat out rips!
Some features,
1. No longer need to run "make dep" during the build process.
2. "make xconfig" defaults to a much better looking and functional KDE/Qt style framework.
3. "make gconfig" does the same for Gnome users.
4. "make oldconfig" will use your existing kernel config file. NOTE: DO NOT use make oldconfig and assume it's going to work. Enough stuff has changed in the kernel to warrant doing a fresh config. I don't know why they kept it.
5. No more scsi-emulation to make CDRW's work, meaning you no longer have to pass the "ide-scsi=/hxx" argument at boot. Or compile SCSI support in the kernel.
6. Mucho USB support. If you can plug it in a USB port the kernel will support it.
7. SPEEEEED! It's shocking. Boot times on my machine were cut nearly in half. My machine runs a whole bunch smoother on the 2.6 kernel.
I'm sure there's a whole bunch more stuff that's changed and you'd have to be a pretty experienced kernel hacker to keep track of it all. From the "userland" perspective It's a great step forward. I guess the only thing their waiting on for the official 2.6 release is whether or not they're going to put xfs in the kernel or keep patching it.
I'm so impressed with this new kernel I'm going to upgrade my everyday Knoppix/Debian drive as well.
Just compiled and installed the 2.6.11-test kernel on my Slack 9.1 drive and this freaking thing just flat out rips!
Some features,
1. No longer need to run "make dep" during the build process.
2. "make xconfig" defaults to a much better looking and functional KDE/Qt style framework.
3. "make gconfig" does the same for Gnome users.
4. "make oldconfig" will use your existing kernel config file. NOTE: DO NOT use make oldconfig and assume it's going to work. Enough stuff has changed in the kernel to warrant doing a fresh config. I don't know why they kept it.
5. No more scsi-emulation to make CDRW's work, meaning you no longer have to pass the "ide-scsi=/hxx" argument at boot. Or compile SCSI support in the kernel.
6. Mucho USB support. If you can plug it in a USB port the kernel will support it.
7. SPEEEEED! It's shocking. Boot times on my machine were cut nearly in half. My machine runs a whole bunch smoother on the 2.6 kernel.
I'm sure there's a whole bunch more stuff that's changed and you'd have to be a pretty experienced kernel hacker to keep track of it all. From the "userland" perspective It's a great step forward. I guess the only thing their waiting on for the official 2.6 release is whether or not they're going to put xfs in the kernel or keep patching it.
I'm so impressed with this new kernel I'm going to upgrade my everyday Knoppix/Debian drive as well.