Re: Upgrade to 2.6.15
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 02:07, John Talbut wrote:
> I am using etch and it is up to date apart from the kernel. When I
> wanted to recompile the kernel I found information that suggested that I
> would need to upgrade to the 2.6.12 kernel. So I duly went looking for
> the kernel-source-2.6.12 package, only to find it nowhere in testing.
> Instead it seemed I needed to be using the linux-source-2.6.15 package.
>
> Is this the right package for me to use?
>
> Why the change from kernel-source to linux-source?
The plan is to eventually include other kernels. This was just discussed here
a few days ago. By not using "kernel-source" or "kernel-image" that leaves
room open for other kernels, like Gnu's Hurd or other non-Linux kernels.
> Why is 2.6.15 the current stable kernel when only even numbered releases
> were supposed to be stable?
Linus changed the kernel version numbering system.
Hal
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