Fedora Core 6 Test Update: kernel-2.6.22.1-15.fc6

[Chuck Ebbert]

On 07/16/2007 03:55 PM, Kevin DeKorte wrote:


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> Chuck Ebbert wrote:
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>> Fedora Test Update Notification
>> FEDORA-2007-634
>> 2007-07-16
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>> Product     : Fedora Core 6
>> Name        : kernel
>> Version     : 2.6.22.1
>> Release     : 15.fc6
>> Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
>> Description :
>> The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
>> Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
>> of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
>> input and output, etc.
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> Does this kernel contain the tickless patches? If so are they enabled by
> default or if not what is needed to enable them. I'd really like to see
> if the tickless stuff can give my laptop a little extra battery life.
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Tickless is in there and enabled, but only the i386 code is in that
kernel. We will probably end up disabling tickless by default but
leave it possible to enable with "nohz=on". For now if anyone has
problems, try "nohz=off" and/or "highres=off".