Kernel plans for feisty

[Philippe Clérié]

Thanks for the tip. The vserver patch is also included as an official
distribution package. Building the kernel is easy. It's rebuilding it
everytime there's an update that's a pain. apt-get is a great tool for 
the lazy bum I am. :-)

Sébastien Estienne wrote:

> Philippe Clérié a écrit :
>> Chuck Short wrote:
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>>> Currently AFAIK there is no plans for linux-vserver.
>> 
>> That's too bad! I suppose I'll have to compile my own kernels. Oh well!
>> :-(
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> It seems that the following file allows you to easily build your own
> kernel package (and it seems to support edgy)
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http://ubuntu.uni-klu.ac.at/ubuntu.uniklu/dists/dapper/uniklu-vserver/vserver-image-build.tgz
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>> Thanks
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>> 
>>> chuck
>>>
>>> On 11/15/06, Philippe Clérié <philippe at gcal.net> wrote:
>>>> Just a thought: I noticed recently that on Debian they have official
>>>> kernel builds for linux-vserver. Are there any plans to do the same?
>>>>
>>>> I noticed also there are no vserver kernel for edgy on the uniklu
>>>> repository. I was wondering if that is going to remain the case. I
>>>> really, really liked having those kernels. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Philippe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ben Collins wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As some of you may have noticed, 2.6.19-rc line is in feisty already.
>>>>> As some of you may have guessed, this is the planned kernel for feisty
>>>>> release.
>>>>>
>>>>> You'd be correct in this assumption except that based on several bits
>>>>> of information (outlined below), I've decided to push for 2.6.20.
>>>>>
>>>>>  - paravirt-ops is a feature we really want. Supporting both vmware
>>>>>  and
>>>>> xen will be much easier with this patch. It is expected to hit 2.6.20.
>>>>> If it doesn't, we don't lose anything.
>>>>>
>>>>>  - There are some planned power management enhancements also expected
>>>>> for 2.6.20. Definitely not officially going to make it, but like
>>>>> paravirt-ops, if it doesn't, we don't lose anything.
>>>>>
>>>>>  - In previous releases, we've opted for the safe kernel version,
>>>>>  which
>>>>> means we usually had 3-5 months or more of testing on the kernel after
>>>>> it was released. It also meant we were at least one kernel version
>>>>> behind once we released the entire OS. We want to strive for the
>>>>> latest to support the most hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>>  - Given current release cycles of upstream, I'm estimating that
>>>>>  2.6.20
>>>>> will be out around 2/13, which gives us plenty of time to stabilize,
>>>>> and gives us some leeway even if it takes a little longer before
>>>>> upstream releases 2.6.20.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is mainly just a heads up, but comments welcome.
>>>>
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