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Re: Kernel documentation



On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:


> Presumably I have to download a kernel source to get at the README, but where
> can I find the Documentation/00-INDEX?

[th@localhost:~/linux-3.7-rc2/Documentation]# ls 0*
00-INDEX
[th@localhost:~/linux-3.7-rc2/Documentation]#

where "linux-3.7-rc2" is the directory into which
"linux-3.7-rc2.tar.bz2" was untarred.


> If I download an older kernel than the one that I am using, in oredr to read
> the README file, will GRUB continue to use the present newer kernel?

If you just get a kernel gzip or bzip2 and untar it, neither grub nor
its config'll be affected.


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