PMFJI (a long lost acronym from my Compuserve [gah!] days ... Pardon Me
For Jumping In), but......
In the last 12 hours there was discussion on the security-discuss
list where Vincent mentionned that, due a security hole in 2.2.18 and
below, they were preparing 2.2.19 kernel rpms for LM 7.2. Any delay would
be due to the fact that it's a lot of work (the new kernels will be
needed for LM 6.0 to 7.0, as well as Corporate Server), and they are
waiting on some 3rd party patches.
This would be a great kernel rpm upgrade as 2.2.18 and up (thanks
to Alan Cox & friends) contains tons of the goodies that were first
introduced onto 2.4.x. I believe there is some merrit in wanting to stick
with Mandrake kernel rpms as there are patches included that, AFAIK,
enhance the Mandrake distribution as a whole. This is *not* to say that
compiling your own kernel is a bad idea; indeed it's a wonderful
experience, and done properly, rebooting into the original kernel should
be trivial. On a system with limited hardware resources, or a system that
serves a specific duty, then a custom kernel is the way to go, if only for
the principle of the whole thing; this is Linux after all :-).
Peace
Dave.
On 28-Mar-2001 Marc wrote:
> I do not agree with your statement that kernel loads them all...
>
> Most kernels that are in the binary RPM use modules. I tried to make
> my ownb kernel a few times but it only saved me about 50k or so. It's
> not worth all the trouble (unless you really have a shortage of RAM in
> your system). The modules will only be loaded if they are needed. You
> can see the modules that are loaded with lsmod. You see that not
> everything is loaded then, but only a few modules.
>
> Modules are one of the strongest features of the linux kernel so why
> not use it. Recompiling the whole thing is only needed when you need
> something really special. In 95% of the cases you can just install the
> kernel rpm and load the system. I don't believe that a custom kernel is
> really faster then a customized kernel.
>
> Marc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "FreezeR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [expert] where to get kernel upgrades for 7.2
>
>
>> i think for a kernel upgrade you should compile the source by ur self
>> not from the rpm...
>> download the new kernel at www.kernel.org
>> unpack the kernel, and go into the kernel directory
>> make menuconfig
>> make dep
>> make clean
>> make bzImage
>> make bzlilo
>> then edit your lilo.conf
>>
>> one of the reason why people do a kernel upgrade is to optimized their
>> kernel...
>> there are many options that your system dont need, but unfortunately
>> the kernel load'em all if we boot the machine....
>> so..take sometimes to compile your kernel...
>> trust me it wont useless at all...
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Steven Taetzsch wrote:
>>
>> > Where do I find kernel rpms for 7.2, not cooker? I've downloaded 2.4
>> > rpms, but they have other dependencies required. I didn't want to
>> > get
>> > into a chain of this package requires this update which requires
>> > this
>> > update and so on. I just want to upgrade to 2.2.18 or 2.4 on my
>> > stock
>> > 7.2 system.
>> >
>> > My usb zip drive works fine on 7.1 with an upgrade to 2.2.16-9mdk,
>> > but
>> > doesn't work on my 7.2 machine. I thought I'd try a newer kernel
>> > with
>> > better usb support.
>> >
>> > Steve
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03:28:59
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