Re: Upgrade to 2.6.15
Hello
John Talbut (<john@dpets.demon.co.uk>) 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.
Yes. You need packages for 2.6.12 or newer. Older versions don't work
with udev in etch, for example.
> Is this the right package for me to use?
Yes.
> Why the change from kernel-source to linux-source?
Probably because there are ports of debian that use other kernels, e.g.
The Hurd and FreeBSD.
> Why is 2.6.15 the current stable kernel when only even numbered
> releases were supposed to be stable?
The "even" number is the second number. 2.4 kernels are stable, 2.5 was
a developement branch, 2.6 is stable (more or less ;-))
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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