Kernel26-lts 2.6.32 ready for prime time?

.:B:. · 2010-05-26 22:11:31

As far as I understood write access to the [Testing] ML is Dev/TU only, so I thought I'd share this here. I just installed the 2.6.32 kernel26-lts package from [Testing] on my AppleTV. The recent kernel/nVidia driver updates (not sure which one is the culprit, but it's pretty much a moving target on a box that needs fairly stable stuff) made HD playback choppy and caused higher CPU usage (even idle). Hence my decision to switch to the (hopefully upcoming) kernel26-lts and built nvidia 190.53 and the corresponding nvidia-utils package against it. So far it seems to run fine, I still have to play HD content on it but I'll report if any problems arise. I just switched my server too, but since both systems are meant for stability (within reason of course, since it's still Arch), I was a bit wary to pull the kernel from [Testing] without a full sync (I know, bad mojo). Then again, the other deps it needs are met by any up to date non-current systems.

One question though: shouldn't there be a corresponding kernel26-lts-firmware package, or is the firmware included in the kernel26-lts package? Pacman says the lts package just needs 2.6.27 firmware or higher.

JGC · 2010-05-27 07:06:19

Firmware will no longer be tied to the kernel, as it's maintained outside of the kernel tree. There's a linux-firmware package in testing that will be used now.

.:B:. · 2010-05-27 09:53:52

Yeah I forgot that 2.6.34 from testing on my laptop pulled in that package Sorry about that

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#1 2010-05-26 22:11:31

Kernel26-lts 2.6.32 ready for prime time?

#2 2010-05-27 07:06:19

Re: Kernel26-lts 2.6.32 ready for prime time?

#3 2010-05-27 09:53:52

Re: Kernel26-lts 2.6.32 ready for prime time?

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