Re: 2.5.70-mm2

[Boszormenyi Zoltan <zboszor@freemail.hu>]

Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
>
>> Boszormenyi Zoltan <zboszor@freemail.hu> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am testing it now with your two extra patches.
>>> I started vmware but I don't notice it now. Everything is snappy.
>>> The system is a RH9 with upgrades. The latest errata kernel still
>>> stops for seconds sometimes and vmware (and rsync between two drives
>>> for that matter) makes a noticable performance impact. With .70-mm2,
>>> I can still work on other things and not wait for other things to
>>> finish first.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> OK, thanks. 
>

I am running it now, it seems rock solid.
Two rsync and one "cp -ar" a 2.4 GB directory between the same two drives
are finishing faster than with RH9 kernel-smp-2.4.20-13.9. :-)

> OK. :-) However, "modprobe capability" is still not automatic.
> What is the alias line for capability? I can't figure it out myself.
> Perhaps it's not supported configuring capability
> (aka CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES) as a module?
> It's definitely allowed...


OK, compiled as built-in, not too many problems left.
I will still have to fiddle with alias lines for USB to not complain on 
boot.
I don't have any USB devices though.

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi