Re: [squid-users] Squid + The Linux kernel - 2.2 or 2.4

I haven't used a Linux 2.2 kernel for long time, mostly because I need
other things of Linux-2.4 such as a good firewall framework (iptables)
and many other nice things not available in Linux-2.2..

And considering that Linux-2.6 is now not too far around the corner
(Linux-2.5 seems to be closing a feature freeze in preparation for 2.6)
I would expect support for Linux-2.2 to drop very rapidly.

Regards
Henrik

Mark Tinka wrote:
>
> hi all..
>
> i was wondering... my Linux distro has been improving
> its flavor of Linux, and the last three major releases
> have come with the 2.4 Linux kernel as the default...
> however, i have always maintained my Squid on the
> 2.2.19-SMP kernel, even with upgraded Linux
> software...
>
> the reason i have kept to 2.2.19 is because most of
> the fora and info out there on Squid have Squid
> running fastest on the 2.2.19 kernel, as compared to
> the 2.4 kernel...
>
> i have two questions:
>
> first, why is this so, if so?
>
> second, as the support for the 2.4 kernel increases,
> won't there be a time when the most recent Linux
> distros will totally forget about the 2.2.19 kernel,
> in terms of module support, and more so, where
> utilities shipped in the distro rely on a
> specification version of their related module in the
> kernel, for instance, the "mkreiserfs" command and the
> "reiserfs.o" kernel module..?..
>
> all responses appreciated...
>
> AKNIT
>
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Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 11:28:19 MST