MySQL Bugs: #71967: Linux version info outdated

Bug #71967	Linux version info outdated
Submitted:	7 Mar 2014 10:46	Modified:	7 Mar 2014 16:58
Reporter:	Daniël van Eeden (OCA)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Documentation	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.6	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Paul DuBois	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/system-optimization.html

"The operating system to use is very important. To get the best use of multiple-CPU machines, you should use Solaris (because its threads implementation works well) or Linux (because the 2.4 and later kernels have good SMP support). Note that older Linux kernels have a 2GB filesize limit by default. If you have such a kernel and a need for files larger than 2GB, get the Large File Support (LFS) patch for the ext2 file system. Other file systems such as ReiserFS and XFS do not have this 2GB limitation."

I don't think anyone will try to use ext2 or Linux 2.4 anymore.
Newer kernels have improved support for I/O (SSD etc) and multicore systems.

How to repeat:
See description

Thank you for the bug report.

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant products.

Yes, this para doesn't look like the kind of thing we want to try to keep up to date. I'm removing it.