[OFF-TOPIC] linux 2.4 or 2.6

[Evert|Rooftop]

Thanks though.. I'm convinced

Maxwell Heidegger wrote:
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> On 10/25/06, *Serhat Sakarya* <serhat at sakarya.nl 
> <mailto:serhat at sakarya.nl>> wrote:
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>     Being able to use epoll is by itself reason enough to switch to 2.6.
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>     Which web setups are you referring to? The distributions I use on
>     my desktops and with our dedicated host providers have no issue
>     with giving a 2.6 kernel.
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>     Regards,
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>     Serhat
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>     On 10/25/06, *Ivan Krstić* <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu
>     <mailto:krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>> wrote:
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>         Evert|Rooftop wrote:
>         > My question is, are there any reasons in web-setups to stick
>         with the
>         > 2.4 kernel instead of 2.6..
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>         No. And if you do, libevent won't be able to use epoll, which
>         will severely degrade memcached's network performance with
>         many connected clients.
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>         --
>         Ivan Krstić < krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu
>         <mailto:krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>> | GPG: 0x147C722D
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