Re: [ANNOUNCE] Linux Kernel Useful Patches (2.4)

[Mathias Kretschmer <posting@blx4.net>]

Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> after some discussions with some people, I made available a collection of
> useful patches for kernel 2.4. There are only a dozen of patches right
> now, but it's very easy to add more. Amongst those patches can be found
> some drivers, security enhancements, polling optimisations, gcc4 fixes,
> VM optimisations, etc... Links to the original sites as well as a local
> mirror are provided.
> 
> They are classified by categories and can easily be found in more than
> one category. I plan to add many more patches such as ACL, squashfs,
> preempt, netdev-random, patch-o-matic, etc... when I have the time, and

O(1) and low latency would also be interesting candidates for inclusion.

BTW, does anyone know about the state of the (l)ck patches for recent 
2.4 kernels ?

> possibly start the same work for 2.6 (everything has been prepared in
> order to make it easy too).
> 
> If there are patches you frequently use and wish to be added there,
> feel free to send a link and description.
> 
> At the moment, it's hosted on my home server. If it generates too much
> traffic, I'll move it somewhere else.
> 
>   link:  http://w.ods.org/kernel/2.4/lkup/
> 
> Regards,
> Willy
> 
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