Kernel 2.5.72 first impressions

[ghostwalker]

I decided to take a little adventure and install 2.5.72.
I am very impressed even though I had to make it a monolithic kernel.
I downloaded the code, etc.
All you have to do it the following:

make mrproper
make menuconfig / xconfig/ etc.
make
make install
change you lilo.conf or grub.lst and you are off

The only issue sofar is PS/2 scroll mouse does not scroll any longer.
No Sound yet. i810/SiS7000 issue worked under 2.4.21.
Other than that no real issues. My firewall is up, etc.
When 2.6 is release the benchmarks I feel are going to be unbelievable. Memory management seem to be different, Better.
All in all I am really impressed. It only took me 20 minutes to get it all together.
ONE must you need to know your hardware for a monolithic kernel to keep the size down.

:cool:

[mart_man00]

No Sound yet.
what about the alsa section? nothing in sound works? that the only reason im going to try it, a attemot to get sound!

you said 2.6 benchmarks will be great but what about 2.5 now?

[ghostwalker]

First 2.5 is basiclly 2.6 in the alpha/beta stage.
The boot time for 2.4.21 on my system is about 14 sec. the boot time for 2.5.72 is about 11 sec. The load time for KDE is about the same.
I fixed the mouse problem changing the protocol from "auto" to "IMPS/2".
I just wanted to give 2.5.72 a try. I will try it again an 2.75, maybe sooner?