Re: why upgrade kernel?

[David Zelinsky <dzpost@dedekind.net>]

I wrote:

> I have a couple of machines which I'm in the process of upgrading to
> Sarge.  I'm wondering about whether to upgrade the kernels.
> They're all running some version of 2.4, which I've built for the particular
> machines.  If I don't get new hardware which need newer drivers, and I
> don't care about any of the fancy new features of 2.6 (whatever thosea
> are), is there any benefit in upgrading the kernel?  Will newer
> versions of some packages eventually need a newer kernel?

Thanks for all the suggestions.  I guess I'll stick with my 2.4
kernels.

But let me also refine the question a bit.  Is there any reason to
recompile the _same_ kernel in the newly upgraded environment, given
that things like the C libraries and the compiler may have changed?
Or if the kernel ran fine under woody, will it also be fine under
sarge?

Thanks.

-David