Troy Dawson wrote:
> Akemi Yagi wrote:
>> On Jan 31, 2008 12:19 PM, Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> On Jan 31, 2008 12:13 PM, Glenn Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just want to confirm one more thing. This issue is related to the
>>>>> client kernel but not the server's. Is this correct?
>>>> A .6 client with a .4 server (both x86_64) is noticeably slow, yes.
>>>>
>>>> It's a production server, so I can't as easily test a .4 client with a
>>>> .6 server at the moment.
>>> My test was with a 53.1.6 server (x86_64).  So, it looks almost
>>> certain that the server kernel does not matter.
>>>
>>> Johnny Hughes of CentOS filed a bug with the upstream bugzilla:
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431092
>> Posting a message I sent to the CentOS mailing list.
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> A test kernel with a patch that seemingly fixes the issue (at least in
>> my test run) has been made available.  The details are in the upstream
>> bugzilla filed by Johnny above (Comment #30).
>>
>> It would be great if other people give it a try and report the result
>> to that bugzilla.
>>
>> Akemi
> 
> I'm going to give it a try.  Although it usually takes a few days before my
> errors start appearing.
> 
> Troy

Incase anyone else needs to test this kernel on SL5, I've put it up in the 
testing area.
Please be sure to report back to the bugzilla ticket if you have success or 
failure.

ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/i386/
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/testing/x86_64/

or

yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update kernel\*


Troy
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