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klogd and GPF's (reboots)



Hello,
	I'm not sure if your running SMP, but 2.4 is so much faster than 
2.2 if your running SMP.

Anthony

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Derek Martin wrote:

> Today, linuxguy at ici.net gleaned this insight:
> 
> > This is RH 6.1 with a custom compiled SMP-enabled 2.2.12 kernel.
> > I'm guessing it's got something to do with the system.map and my custom
> > kernel.  I'm also wondering if I've fixed the problem at all.  Blah!
> 
> THROW AWAY YOUR 2.2.12 KERNEL!  
> 
> *ALL* 2.2 kernel versions prior to 2.2.17 have a security problem, and
> possibly one or more of the following: memory leaks, performance problems,
> driver bugs.
> 
> Download the 2.2.17 kernel today!  It might even fix your problem.  But if
> you've never updated your syslog package, you should do that too, because
> there are bugs in the versions of syslogd and klogd that ship with RH 6.1
> IIRC.
> 
> I can not over-emphasize the importance of keeping your system up to date,
> ESPECIALLY if it is connected to the Internet.
> 
> Note, you could also upgrade to 2.2.18 or 2.4.X; but I've heard from
> various people that 2.2.18 may have some problems (I think I heard roumors
> of FS corruption, and maybe one or two other problems, but I'm really not
> sure), and you may or may not feel comfortable or confident moving to
> 2.4.X yet...
> 
> 
> -- 
> Derek Martin
> ddm at pizzashack.org
> 
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