Re: Which kernel (Linus or ac)?

["T. A." <tkhoadfdsaf@hotmail.com>]

>
> Of course, you can get most of the IDE chipset support, fs support
(reiserfs
> 3.5, ext3) and LFS support as patches for 2.2:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ide-2.2.19/

    Have used this and has worked great on the machines I've had to use it
on.  Though I'm a bit leery about using it since I figure the generic
2.2.x.preX kernels get a lot more testing that those with this patch
installed.  Also heard of problems using this patch on a VIA PIII SMP
system. :-(  And just went I had been planning to use it on a dual PIII VIA
chipset board too.

>
>
ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfs-for-2.2/linux-2.2.19-reiserfs-3.5.34-patc
h.bz2

    I actually was going to start using this until I learned that 2.2.x
reiser patched kernels couldn't use reiserfs partitions made with 2.4.
:-(  Ended up having to redo an entire system when a downgrade to 2.2.x
became imperitive.  Also the 2.2.x reiser patch lacks the large file support
(on the reiser filesystems created under 2.2.x) and maybe other goodies and
I don't get that back easily by just switching kernels.

> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sct/ext3/

    Might give this a try now that it appears to be release quality.

> http://moldybread.net/patch/kernel-2.2/linux-2.2.19-lfs-1.0.diff.gz

    I'll look into this the next time > 2GB files support becomes needed on
a system.  pre 2.4.x I had been using FreeBSD for such tasks.