Re: [OT] Kernel Upgrades

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

André Berger wrote:
> * Hugo Vanwoerkom (2007-06-05):
> >  André Berger wrote:
> > > Let me give you an example to illustrate what I would like to know:
> > > Given, kernel 2.6.22 was out, and 2.6.21.3 was the latest previous
> > > stable kernel. Is there a patch against 2.6.21.3, for an easy upgrade
> > > to 2.6.22?
> >  Are you referring to Debian packages or kernels from www.kernel.org?
>
> Sorry: the kernel.org sources. 
>
> >  The latter will publish a patch against 2.6.21 when 2.6.22 goes stable.
>
> Could you point me to a URL please? Would I have to remove the
> patches 1-3 (in my example) prior to using this patch against 2.6.21?
>
> I've been using the incremental patches from
> <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/>, but they only
> work "within" a release cycle (2.6.21.1-2, for example). Not exactly
> what I'm thinking of for my slow box. 

So here:
http://www.kernel.org/
they now have:
The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is:  	2.6.21.3
and that last piece refers to:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.21.3.bz2
which is a patch against the 2.6.21 kernel.
When 2.6.22 goes stable that line will read:
The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is:       2.6.22
and that last piece will refer *probably* to:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.22.bz2
which *still* is a patch against the 2.6.21 kernel.

If I did not explain right or am wrong, get back please.

Hugo