[plug] kernel 2.6.3 production-ready?

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Denis Brown
> Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2004 12:11 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] kernel 2.6.3 production-ready?
> 
> Dear PLUG list members,
> 
> Is kernel 2.6.3 worth betting the farm on, stability-wise, to 
> get my hands
> on ACLs?   AFAICS, ACLs are natively in the 2.6 tree.   
> Alernatively I can
> patch a 2.4 kernel with the stuff from bestbits.
> 
> I had a look through the changelog for 2.6.3 just now and the 
> only things relevant to ext3 (what I am using) or EAs comes 
> from Andreas Gruenbacher
> who fixed an i-block leak and an xattr function.   Most of the other
> fixes seemed related to sound issues - not a problem for me 
> on a server.
> 
> But this will be a production server - backed up, but a 
> production machine none the less - and I would prefer 
> stability over convenience if that's what it means.
> 
> Current comments?   (There's been a little on this in past 
> threads but the
> state of play may well have changed.)
> Cheers and TIA,
> Denis
> 

Apart from the 2.6.x side, have you played with WhiteBox linux yet? It's RH
Enterprise Linux with Samba+ACL, Ext3+ACL, and being repackaged from RH
sources, it should also have the changelogs with relevant kernel configs,
package requirements, and patch listings.

See if ACLs are going to work for you, before mixing in kernel upgrades as
well....

CraigF.