Subject: Re: [vserver] Stable Linux-VServer Release
From: Romain Riviere <romain.riviere@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:58:41 +0200

 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:58:41 +0200
Hi,

Le 28 juil. 2011 à 15:36, Herbert Poetzl a écrit :
> options IMHO are:
> 
> - 2.6.32.x (has performance issues, but is long term)
> - 2.6.38.x (good performance, not longterm yet)
> - 3.0.x    (immature, but the future)
> 
> note that whatever kernel we choose, the stabilization
> will be for that kernel only, i.e. there is no way to
> port such a kernel to the other branch (without need
> to redo all the testing and review)
> 
> please share your thoughts and preferences in this
> thread so that we get an idea where we are heading to

I'd go with 2.6.38 or 3.0, mainly because I use cgroups and resource limiting. OTOH,
if resource limiting/isolation can be backported into the VServer patch for 2.6.32,
then I wouldn't have a problem with that (I'm thinking of the VIRT * flags).

Cheers,