[OFF-TOPIC] linux 2.4 or 2.6

[Evert|Rooftop]

Well the idea that most stable distro's still supply 2.4 as a default 
simply made me wonder.. I'm sure they have reasons to do that, but I 
couldn't quite figure out why..

Evert

Serhat Sakarya wrote:
> Being able to use epoll is by itself reason enough to switch to 2.6.
>
> 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.
>
> Regards,
>
> Serhat
>
> On 10/25/06, *Ivan Krstić* <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu 
> <mailto:krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Evert|Rooftop wrote:
>     > My question is, are there any reasons in web-setups to stick
>     with the
>     > 2.4 kernel instead of 2.6..
>
>     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.
>
>     --
>     Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu
>     <mailto:krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>> | GPG: 0x147C722D
>
>