[discussion] PREEMPT *.39 kernel in plain Debian?

[Adrian Knoth]

On 06/23/11 13:13, rosea.grammostola wrote:

[PREEMPT kernel in Debian]
>> Best starting point is probably to read the backlog of the kernel team
>> mailinglist for prior discussions on additional kernel packages to try
>> get an understanding on the reasoning for general standpoints of the
>> members of the kernel team.  Next (after ensuring here that in fact it
>> is sensible to have at all in Debian) simply open the discussion at the
>> kernel team mailinglist.
> Ok thanks. I will not take up this tough task then :)
> There are other kernels people can use instead.

JFTR: I had no problems with stock Debian kernels until 2.6.39, but at
least 2.6.39-1-pae has caused xruns. I then decided to revert to
manually compiled vanilla kernels with CONFIG_PREEMPT.

I don't think maintaining such a kernel is an unsolvable task: change
a single (or maybe three) config setting and recompile.

Maybe filing a wishlist bug report against the kernel package mentioning
"please set CONFIG_PREEMPT" could work. ;)


Cheers