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#1 2008-08-06 21:39:08

vsk
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Registered: 2008-05-27
Posts: 70

Arch Kernel Questions

(This is a really low-priority set of questions.)

I just wanted to know what some of the differences between the main stable 2.6 kernel and Arch's 2.6 kernel are. I'm not a fan of compiling kernels, so I'd like to know what decisions are made for the default kernel.
Let me be more specific;

1. linux-2.6.26.1/Documentation/java.txt: apparently, native support for java binaries is planned for the kernel. Will this be reflected in Arch's kernel as well?

2. Besides x86, what architectures are supported by the Arch kernel (linux-2.6.26.1/arch)?

3. Does the Arch kernel support virtualization by default?

4. Which drivers (if any) are excluded from Arch's kernel (linux-2.6.26.1/drivers)? (If any, why?)

5. Which filesystems are supported by the Arch kernel (linux-2.6.26.1/fs)? In the install, there are only 5 filesystems available so I'm guessing it's just those 5?

--- And any other major differences that are worth noting.

Thank you for reading!
- vsk

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#2 2008-08-06 22:52:20

whargoul
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From: Odense, Denmark
Registered: 2005-04-04
Posts: 546

Re: Arch Kernel Questions

2. It also supports x86_64.

3. It supports KVM by default, but not Xen.

5. The default kernel supports loads of filesystems: ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, jfs, xfs, nfs, hfs, ocfs, fat, ntfs, udf etc.


Arch - It's something refreshing

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#3 2008-08-06 23:45:53

rooloo
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Registered: 2008-07-09
Posts: 218

Re: Arch Kernel Questions

there is a bug with xen in kernels newer then 2.6.18.

arch's kernel is as vanilla as the stable release is from what I gather. Other then a few patches and some config changes. Arch tries to stay as close to vanilla as possible with all it's packages. just do a diff between the two configs.

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#4 2008-08-07 00:28:22

mianka
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From: BE LEUVEN
Registered: 2006-05-30
Posts: 229

Re: Arch Kernel Questions

To 2 : PowerPC 32-bit

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#5 2008-08-07 02:13:38

vsk
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Registered: 2008-05-27
Posts: 70

Re: Arch Kernel Questions

thanks

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