Re: [OT] Kernel Upgrades
* Hugo Vanwoerkom (2007-06-07):
> 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.
The thing is: both patches seem to apply to 2.6.21 not 2.6.21.* (your
ex. 1). So I would have to downgrade to 2.6.21 in order to use any of
these. Right?
-André
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