linux-kernel - Re: Did kernel 3.11 never work?

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:50:01 +0100
From:   Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...il.com>
To:     Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:     Maurice R Volaski <maurice.volaski@...stein.yu.edu>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Did kernel 3.11 never work?

2018-03-23 16:19 GMT+01:00 Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 02:58:46PM +0000, Maurice R Volaski wrote:
>> I'm trying to build a computer with network diagnostic tool,
>> https://software.internet2.edu/ndt/ and it requires patches to the kernel,
>> https://www.web10g.org/. The latest kernel for which there are patches, 3.17,
>> doesn't compile with the patches, so I had to progressively retrogress until
>> I can found one that did.
>
> In my opinion you'd waste much less time trying to port these patches to
> a more recent, still maintained kernel. 3.16 is still maintained by Ben,
> and not too far from 3.17 (less than 3.11). You may have more luck there
> and also more luck to get it to boot on a recent machine.
>
> Also on web10g I'm seeing patches for kernels 3.2 to 3.4. 3.2 is also
> still maintained by Ben. You can try this one, maybe it'll work, who
> knows.
>

I don't really remeber  but some  TCP_ESTATS_* exists in 4.x kernels.
So some based-on or these patches got somewho merged.
Also some work  is still done from Chris Rapier on github.

Maybe have a look there ?
https://github.com/rapier1

Regards,

Gabriel C