I'm pretty unimpressed with the ATA support in newer kernels. I've had issues with ATA in various Red Hat 2.4.19 and 2.4.20 kernels, but pretty much no issues with issues in 2.4.18 and earlier. I heard some of the ATA code is no longer in recent kernels (a lot of Hendrick's work?). As such, I'm wondering if anyone has attempted to patch the Red Hat 2.4.18-27.8.0 kernel with NTPL? Do I absolutely need NTPL in the kernel if I'm running Red Hat Linux 9? The other issue is that I'll have is the NFS client is pretty crappy and unreliable in pre-2.4.20 kernels, unless I go back to 2.4.9 (which seems to be a "staple" of Red Hat's Enterprise kernels for good reason). As such, has anyone attempted patching 2.4.9 with NTPL (I assume not given the massive VM/scheduling changes in 2.4.10+?). What about the enterprise 2.4.18-e31 kernel? Just looking for a way to balance my ATA needs (largely optical drives, since my disks are on 3Ware controllers, even for workstations) with NFS. Thanx in advance ... -- Bryan J. Smith, E.I. b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx MCSE/MCSA, RHCE/LPIC-2, SCSecA/SCNA and dozens more http://thebs.org http://thebs.org/certs.pdf -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
