Re: which debian linux-image has 2.6.16.17?

["Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas" <jevv.cr@gmail.com>]

On 6/12/06, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas <jevv.cr@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/12/06, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > How do I find out whether a Debian Unstable linux-image has kernel.org's
> > 2.6.16.17?
> > H
>
> Linux image package comes with specific versions, for example, there's
> a package linux-image-686, accompanied by linux-image-2.6-686, which
> in turns install the latest version of the 2.6 kernel series uploaded
> in debian, as of now it's linux-image-2.6.16-2-686.  To find out the
> latest version of the kernel for the debian version you use, you can
> go to:
>
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
>
> And perform the request...  For unstable and i386:
>
> linux-image-2.6.16-2-686
> unstable (base): Linux kernel 2.6.16 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 machines
> 2.6.16-14: i386
>
> But you can search for your architecture if it's not i386.  If you
> want to play with debian compiled kernel, from 2.6.17 pre-releases,
> experimental has the RC3 pre-release:
>
> linux-image-2.6.17-rc3-686
>
> And if you go to:
>
> www.kernel.org
>
> You'll find out the latest pre-released version corresponds to RC6:
>
> 2.6.17-rc6
>
> If you want latest, you better download the RC6 from www.kernel.org
> mirrors.  Notice 2.6.17 has not been released yet, you'll find only
> pre-releases, so if you really want the 2.6.17 kernel you'll have to
> wait more.
>
> I wouldn't go for any binary beyond unstable, and if I'm compiling
> myself, I wouldn't go with pre-releases unless trying to test a fix
> required for some hardware.

My applogies.  I thought the question was about 2.6.17, and it was
2.6.16.7, :-(.  Better some one else answers...

--
Javier