The number 2.4.9-21 corresponds to the (Red Hat) kernel I'm running right now. Yes, 2.4.X as released from kernel.org
hadhuge problems with virtual memory
(for virually all values of X), but many of these problems have been addressed
by keeping the kernel relatively frozen and just working on VM problems (which
is one of the things we've been doing at Red Hat). I'm not saying we've got it
totally nailed just yet, but I want to present the view that some branches of
the Linux kernel *have* been given the attention they need to avoid some of the
well-known problems that linux.org kernels are (essentially--through Linus's
law) designed to find.
M
Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 06:44:53PM +0100, Jean-Paul ARGUDO wrote:
>
>>To answer many replies (thanks!), I'll try to put more details:
>>...
>>Linux int2412 2.4.9-21SGI_XFS_1.0.2 #1 Thu Feb 7 16:50:37 CET 2002 i686 unknown
>>
>
> But you know that kernels up to 2.4.10 had huge problems with virtual
> memory, don#t you. I'd recommend testing it either on 2.4.17 (which seems to
> run stable for me) or, if you want to be sure and do not need SMP, use
> 2.2.20.
>
> Michael
>