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Re: Kernel 2.1.0: Should I or shouldn't I?



On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Adi Stav wrote:

> Hello :)
> 
>       I couldn't find a list of any new features, and the configuration
> process seems just the same to me as with 2.0.21. Are there any new
> features or is it just the new memory addressing mode? And how
> advantaged is the new mode in terms ofspeed? Has anyone enountered any
> major instablities with the new version yet? 
> 

for one, it has no 2940 SCSI support, Linux had no choice but break it on
the move to the new memory model, and it will have to be rewritten. I
suppose other parts of the kernel may have broke in the same manner.


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