[net-perf] piPEs preferred linux distro?

[Mike Iglesias]

> FreeBSD I got; I am glad to play the idiot wrt building a
> linux box these days.
> 
> In looking at the OS requirements for the workshop, I followed
> this chain:
> http://e2epi.internet2.edu/network-perf-wk/requirements.html
>    'Latest kernel version that supports Web100'
> http://www.web100.org/download/
>    '2.5.3 for Linux 2.6.11, released March 3, 2005'
> 
> Have folks got opinions to share as to the most compliant
> linux distro that includes the 2.6.11 kernel?

I've been using Fedora Core 3 on Opteron based systems.  The web100
stuff seems to work ok, but there are some issues with "bad pmd"
kernel errors that are still being worked on.  I've been running
a kernel with test patches in it that fix that issue, so I'm going
to try the web100 stuff again soon.  The "bad pmd" errors only
affect x86_64 linux kernels so if you're using a P3/4 you shouldn't
have that problem.


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