Which kernel do you use?

sHyLoCk · 2010-01-26 12:15:16

It could be in your Arch box or in another distro. Do you use the distro's packaged kernel or go about compiling your own? If so, do you use any specific patches like zen, tuxonice, etc?
Currently I'm using kernel26-ice from AUR and modified it slightly removing unnecessary support from config.x86_64. It runs great. And it has a number of nice patches. So what do you use?

Allan · 2010-01-26 12:20:30

Arch x86_64 kernel on i686 system

bangkok_manouel · 2010-01-26 12:30:17

using -mm and -ck (x86_64 on i686 too)

sHyLoCk · 2010-01-26 12:42:13

Wasn't -mm replaced by -next ?

bangkok_manouel · 2010-01-26 12:45:38

not really, let's say -next is testing when -mm still is experimental (-mm includes -next BTW)
patches here: http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ (you'll need quilt to apply the patches)

tomk · 2010-01-26 12:52:27

Recently started using pf, after someone mentioned it here. Working very well - reminds of my old ck days.

bangkok_manouel · 2010-01-26 12:57:03

tomk wrote:

Recently started using pf, after someone mentioned it here. Working very well - reminds of my old ck days.

we had -ck, -mm, -beyond in the repos... good old days weren't you the -mm maintainer as well ?

JohannesSM64 · 2010-01-26 12:59:07

Arch x86_64 kernel on x86_64 system

tomk · 2010-01-26 15:11:57

bangkok_manouel wrote:

weren't you the -mm maintainer as well ?

Guilty as charged.

combuster · 2010-01-26 15:17:21

Dual boot with custom stable and RC kernel, x86_64

rebegin · 2010-01-26 15:24:53

kernel26zen-git

i also tried -ck but finaly stayed with zen. didn't really feel any difference between anyway. i think zen has more patch in it (maybe someone else could tell us the main difference). both has BFS which is great.

Zeist · 2010-01-26 15:25:48

kernel26zen-git here as well.

.:B:. · 2010-01-26 15:39:14

Stable tree with a few patches collected here and there (powersaving, loop-AES and a few minor things).

Themaister · 2010-01-26 16:04:13

Vanilla on x86_64 system.

x0rg · 2010-01-26 16:11:55

I still use vanilla i686, but I'm thinking to switch to -ck or -pf.
Can I keep the vanilla kernel installed when installing a patched kernel or do I have to remove it?

anonymous_user · 2010-01-26 16:24:20

Vanilla i686 kernel.

@x0rg - afaik you can install multiple kernels and at the GRUB menu you can choose which kernel to boot.

sHyLoCk · 2010-01-26 16:32:17

x0rg wrote:

I still use vanilla i686, but I'm thinking to switch to -ck or -pf.
Can I keep the vanilla kernel installed when installing a patched kernel or do I have to remove it?

You can keep multiple kernels. If you use nvidia, recompile nvidia driver using ABS and rename the pkgname to nvidia-custom so that the present kernel can keep using the nvidia module without overwriting.

Bregol · 2010-01-26 17:56:02

kernel26zen-git also. I wrote a little script to wrap around the pkgbuild that will take care of compiling nvidia, vboxdrv, and cleaning up after myself, so I can update the kernel, extra modules, and whatever else all in one step.

broch · 2010-01-26 18:01:22

currently installed kernels (either from sources or git repository (zen))
1) grsec hardened
2) vanilla + BFS
3) zen stable from git
4) zen unstable from git (2.6.33-rc) - currently fastest (BFS/SIO schedulers)
[~]$ sudo mount /boot
[~]$ sudo ls /boot
System.map-2.6.32-zen6-PASSACAILLE diag1.img vmlinuz-2.6.32.6-SARABANDE
System.map-2.6.32.6-SARABANDE grub vmlinuz-2.6.32.6-grsec-GIGUE
System.map-2.6.32.6-grsec-GIGUE lost+found vmlinuz-2.6.33-rc5-zen1-RIGAUDON
System.map-2.6.33-rc5-zen1-RIGAUDON vmlinuz-2.6.32-zen6-PASSACAILLE
[~]$

all kernels with nvidia driver installed so booting another kernel does not require re-installation of nvidia driver:
[~]$sudo locate nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-zen6-PASSACAILLE/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32.6-SARABANDE/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32.6-grsec-GIGUE/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.33-rc5-zen1-RIGAUDON/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
[~]$

hw-tph · 2010-01-26 19:27:36

On my Eee PC I use kernel26 2.6.31.6-1 since the 2.6.32 and 2.6.33-rc series have broken rt2860 support (which doesn't seem to bother too many).

On my work laptop I use current stable x86_64 Arch kernel on an i686 system.

Peasantoid · 2010-01-27 04:51:42

I use standard-issue kernel26, x86_64, version 2.6.31.5. I'm reluctant to upgrade to 2.6.32.5 because 2.6.32.3 broke parts of my system (though that's probably because I tried rolling my own, fool that I am).

milomouse · 2010-01-27 09:06:56

Right now I have four, in order of when I first installed them.
1 ] [usually] Latest Arch x86_64 kernel (in case all goes wrong, though I never use it)
2 ] 2.6.32-zen, though I'm thinking of removing it. zen has too much I never use.
3 ] 2.6.33-zennext, just for testing.
4 ] 2.6.32-[custom], bfs, bfq, loop-aes, btrfs, reiserf4. basically stripped everything i don't use.

I'm in the process of adding/removing what I need for my "final" setup. Kinda fun. Reading more about ck as opposed to just the bfs, also pf looks like an interesting set; maybe more of what I'm looking for.

Edit: To elaborate: I think Arch has a good vanilla kernel and since I have 500mb /boot partition I like to follow it's progress, and yes, use it as a failsafe because I'm no kernel-pro and even when I think I've figured it all out I may run into a fault.

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Primoz · 2010-01-27 09:23:31

I'm also one of -ck users (I have x86_64). And I do feel the difference between vanilla arch and -ck.
And that's that, for now... (I don't even have a vanilla kernel installed alongside, just -ck)

sHyLoCk · 2010-01-27 09:29:43

Primoz wrote:

(I don't even have a vanilla kernel installed alongside, just -ck)

I also don't have the vanilla kernel installed. It's not needed imho. For those who are saying that you keep it as a fallback, well you will have to compile your own kernel the next time you want to upgrade right? So just keep the current one until you fully test the new one to see if it works properly. My /boot size is very small to keep multiple kernels.

skanky · 2010-01-27 10:53:50

hw-tph wrote:

On my Eee PC I use kernel26 2.6.31.6-1 since the 2.6.32 and 2.6.33-rc series have broken rt2860 support (which doesn't seem to bother too many).

It has? I use 2.6.32 on my 901 and despite the wireless adaptor name change (ra0 -> wlan0) it seems to work with no (few) issues.
Erm, the 901 does use the rt2860 doesn't it? From memory (it's not with me atm) it does...I'll check later.

Anyway, I'm using the vanilla kernel as I haven't yet got round to working out what advantages other kernels may give me, and whether they're worth the effort (my todo list is pretty long and that's quite a long way down it).

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