Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel
On 8/26/2012 6:39 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> Experimental kernels are probably better than downloading the source
> from kernel.org and compiling it.
I disagree. I've been running late model vanilla kernels with Stable
for many years without issue. Currently I'm running vanilla 3.2.6
w/Squeeze since shortly after kernel.org released 3.2.6 as stable, on
one box almost exactly 6 months ago:
Linux greer 3.2.6 #1 SMP Mon Feb 20 17:05:10 CST 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
00:52:24 up 179 days, 12:21, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.09, 0.07
(Wow, 6 months already? Time for me to build a new kernel)
AFAIK Debian experimental kernels are built to work with the
experimental ecosystem, not the testing ecosystem. So it may be better
to build a vanilla kernel on the testing box in question. One big
advantage to rolling from source is you can build all firmware into the
kernel image, including any/all "non-free" firmware images included in
vanilla source. I always build firmware into the kernel. Avoids many
potential headaches, especially for those using Realtek NICs.
--
Stan
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