RedHat releasing hybred 24/26 kernels

[Joseph Dionne]

I hope this question is appropriate for this group, forgive me if it is not.

Per RedHat, link http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/kernel26/, their
Enterprise product line is a hybrid kernel, with the strength of a
"stable" 2.4 kernel (2.4.21) yet the advances released in the 2.6 kernel.

Does this sound kosher? Does any have issues or concerns with this
approach? Can any one provide information (links) to either support
this approach, or recommend against creating hybrid kernels?

Thanks in advance.
Joseph

[Michael Heiming]

[ Followup-To aol ]

Post by Joseph Dionne
I hope this question is appropriate for this group, forgive me if it is not.
Per RedHat, link http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/kernel26/, their
Enterprise product line is a hybrid kernel, with the strength of a
"stable" 2.4 kernel (2.4.21) yet the advances released in the 2.6 kernel.
Does this sound kosher? Does any have issues or concerns with this

What shouldn't be "kosher" about it, they back ported some
features of 2.6 to 2.4, you should download the src.rpm
(updates.redhat.com) and take a look if you are curious.

Post by Joseph Dionne
approach? Can any one provide information (links) to either support
this approach, or recommend against creating hybrid kernels?

Works quite well, even under extreme load. Why should there be
any information supporting or not this approach. "Hybrid" is IMHO
just marketing babel.