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Posts tagged 2.6.31.6
Preview kernel 2.6.31.6 with ureadahead patch (2.6.31.6-bullet) for Ubuntu/Debian.
1This is not a full release of the normal kernel packages or this not a new kernel version. Its the same 2.6.31.6 kernel, but with über-readahead (ureadahead) patch. Also is a preview because to be honest I’m not 100% sure that is gonna work fine.
I haven’t fully tested this kernel with the new patch, so I can’t really say how good or bad it is, but all of you, who use Ubuntu 9.10 should try to move to this kernel as yesterday the guys from Ubuntu added to the main repositories ureadahead, the replacement of sreadahead. So to be able to use it, you will need this kernel.
Please download it and install it and use it, so I can be 100% sure it works fine on other desktops/laptops/netbooks.
To download the package please go to: http://dl.robertalks.com/kernel/2.6.31.6-bullet/.
Update: In case ureadahead was installed, but never ran, you will need to create the pack file /var/lib/ureadahead/pack manually. For this you will need to run this command: sudo ureadahead -v (to see whats going on).
Kernel 2.6.31.6-dragonfly released for Debian/Ubuntu (Dragonfly)
1Not so long ago the kernel development team release kernel 2.6.31.5 and now 2.6.31.6, well actually yesterday, but who’s counting. Normally I wouldn’t build and release any packages from this kernel tree due to a lot of regression and not as much speed and stability. But since version 2.6.31.5, seems that a lot of parts of the kernel where fixed and works much more smoother then before. Also, I successfully patch this version with sreadahead, which gave me quite a big headache, well more or less a day it took me to create the patch and configure the kernel so it would really work with sreadahead. To find what actually has changed in this kernel version, I would recommend all of you to read the change log from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.6.
