[elrepo] Kernel-lt and the Future

[Adrian Sevcenco]

On 08/06/2013 02:58 AM, Phil Perry wrote:
> On 06/08/13 00:29, Manuel Wolfshant wrote:
>> On 08/06/2013 02:22 AM, Phil Perry wrote:
>>> On 05/08/13 23:56, Nux! wrote:
>>>> On 05.08.2013 22:35, Alan Bartlett wrote:
>>>>> As you know, the ELRepo Project has regularly released a kernel-lt
>>>>> (long term supported) package set for both enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
>>>>> These kernels have been based on the linux-3.0.X stable branch.
>>>>>
>>>>> The linux-3.0.X stable branch will be reaching end of life this coming
>>>>> October [1][2] and a decision will have to be made with regards to the
>>>>> future of the kernel-lt package sets that we provide.
>>>>
>>>> Looking at the web pages you recommended, I see that the kernel 3.2
>>>> will
>>>> be supported till 2016, I guess it makes sense to make that the next
>>>> LT.
>>>>
>>>> No matter what's decided, thank you in advance for the effort. :)
>>>>
>>>> Lucian
>>>>
>>>
>>> As many might be aware, Greg KH just announced he will be supporting
>>> 3.10 for two years as a LTS kernel, which should take us into late 2015:
>>>
>>> http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2013/08/04/longterm-kernel-3-dot-10/
>>>
>>> This seems like a better choice for el6 to me as it provides a good
>>> balance between its supported lifetime and the relative age of the
>>> kernel. For example, in some ways 3.2 is already outdated as, for
>>> example, RH backported the wireless stack from kernel-3.5 into
>>> RHEL6_4, so here a 3.2 release would be a step backwards. Assuming
>>> 3.10 doesn't introduce other issues.
>>>
>> I need to test but  I am very much afraid that stock iptables will choke
>> with 3.10 even on RHEL 6. And I do not even dare to think about RHEL 5
> 
> These are exactly the type of factors we need to determine before making
> a decision :-)
> 
> Perhaps those running the current kernel-ml-3.10 package can comment?
i run a few servers with kernel-ml (local traffic between 100 and 600
MiB/s) and a gateway (masquerade) with an average traffic of 20 Mbps
(peaks of 10 MiB/s) (all EL6 x86_64) and i had absolutely no problem so
far (iptables included) .. but my usage is pretty limited in diversity
(not really enterprise level) so is up to those that find problems to
speak up..

Anyway, thanks everyone for your great work!
Adrian



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