Re: [squid-users] Squid + The Linux kernel - 2.2 or 2.4

Henrik, thanks for that info...

however, related to Squid, would u say the 2.2 kernel
performs better than the 2.4 kernel..?...

AKNIT

 --- Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org> wrote: > I
haven't used a Linux 2.2 kernel for long time,
> mostly because I need
> other things of Linux-2.4 such as a good firewall
> framework (iptables)
> and many other nice things not available in
> Linux-2.2..
>
> And considering that Linux-2.6 is now not too far
> around the corner
> (Linux-2.5 seems to be closing a feature freeze in
> preparation for 2.6)
> I would expect support for Linux-2.2 to drop very
> rapidly.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
>
> Mark Tinka wrote:
> >
> > hi all..
> >
> > i was wondering... my Linux distro has been
> improving
> > its flavor of Linux, and the last three major
> releases
> > have come with the 2.4 Linux kernel as the
> default...
> > however, i have always maintained my Squid on the
> > 2.2.19-SMP kernel, even with upgraded Linux
> > software...
> >
> > the reason i have kept to 2.2.19 is because most
> of
> > the fora and info out there on Squid have Squid
> > running fastest on the 2.2.19 kernel, as compared
> to
> > the 2.4 kernel...
> >
> > i have two questions:
> >
> > first, why is this so, if so?
> >
> > second, as the support for the 2.4 kernel
> increases,
> > won't there be a time when the most recent Linux
> > distros will totally forget about the 2.2.19
> kernel,
> > in terms of module support, and more so, where
> > utilities shipped in the distro rely on a
> > specification version of their related module in
> the
> > kernel, for instance, the "mkreiserfs" command and
> the
> > "reiserfs.o" kernel module..?..
> >
> > all responses appreciated...
> >
> > AKNIT
> >
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