Oops !! Forgot to change the subject line. Sorry guys.
preemtiveis anyone able to use 2.6 kernel and have anyone tested the
somenature of the kernel 2.6.When visited kernel.org I could download
targiving
package I tried to apply patch, but in kernel compilation it is
preemtivenesserror.Is there any rpm package of 2.6 kernel source so that I canfreshly
compile it and bott thru that kernel.If anyone is using 2.6 kernel
Download sources.
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.4.tar.bz2
Unzip.
gzip -cd linux-2.6.XX.tar.gz | tar xvf -
Read the README file from line 1 to $
Make sure you have the right gcc version.(gcc -v)
Compiling 2.6.xx is not much different than previous version. Only
difference I can see is that make dep is made redundant and the actual
compilation is shown more neatly on screen.
Preemptable kernel should be chosen while doing make menuconfig in the
page Processor type and features.
Hope you know how to make the new grub or lilo entries, if not then
google.
successfully please give me complete procedure to boot thru that
kernel.With 2.4 kernel I have written test program to test
canOR non-preemtiveness nature of the kernel.One kernel 2.6 installed I
test that.
Can you share with us what methodology you were using to test the pre-
emptive ness of the kernel?