[ale] Fedora 1 kernel upgrade

Chris Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Fri May 7 09:30:24 EDT 2004


I've renamed the kernel and rebuilding.  I'll report back on what I
find.

On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 09:22, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 08:59:34AM -0400, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > Has anyone here tried to upgrade the kernel on Fedora 1 with a stock one
> > from kernel.org?  
> 
> > I am trying to use 2.4.26 and I believe that they have done something to
> > the threading in the Fedora kernel.  when I reboot on the new kernel all
> > processes that normally would execute under one PID with threads like
> > mysql now have many PIDs.  Not only that but my Apache that I compiled
> > under the Fedora kernel will not run.  It keeps dying for no apparent
> > reason.
> 
> > Any clues?
> 
> 	There was a discussion on another list about threading and the
> kernel name.  Something about if the kernel name ends in .nptl then
> it operates in a different mode with regards to threading.  Some sort
> of RedHat specific magic cookie in the name, I guess.
> 
> 	I haven't tried to run a stock kernel on Fedora Core 1 or 2
> at this time.  I'll see if I can find where that thread was being
> discussed.  That's the only clues I've got on this one.  :-/
> 
> 	Mike



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