High memory kernel support

[Derek Martin]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 06:05:29PM -0500, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> 
> Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 05:27:25PM -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> >> In addition to that, IMHO, the 2.6 kernel is, BY FAR, the most stable .0 
> >> (and subsequent) release I've ever seen.  Gone are the days of the 2.4.9 
> >> debacle, the 2.2.0 debacle, etc.  
> >
> > It just goes to show that, as with everything else, YMMV.  My
> > experience has been quite diferent.  I've had innumerable crashes and
> > oopses related to USB in particular...
> 
> My mileage does vary.  USB has been quite a bit more stable for me
> with 2.6 than with 2.4.

For me, it depends upon exactly which 2.6 version I'm using...

I'm currently sticking with Fedora's 2.6.8-1.521 kernel, because the
2.6.9-X and 2.6.10-1.9_FC2 updates gave me problems with all of my USB
devices.  Specifically, when I connected an/or disconnected them, the
kernel would frequently (but not always) oops, and the system would
eventually stop working after that (not surprisingly).  If I tried to
shut down at any time after the oops, the kernel would invariably get
wedged before the shutdown was complete.  I think the 2.6.10-1.12
update was better, but I discovered that my (win)modem driver won't
work with the 2.6.10+ kernel, so I haven't really had opportunity to
test it extensively.

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