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If I may interject, I think the orignal poster was trying to ask when
gentoo-sources will begin releasing the new 2.4.22 and 2.6 kernels (with all
the patches applied therein)
On October 2, 2003 08:51 pm, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 02:23:13 +0300
>
> SMS WebMaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thank you for your reply
> >
> > I know I can use any kernel version but I am asking why Gentoo don't use
> > 2.4.22 as the default kernel ?
>
> Asked and answered. See (1) below.
>
> > Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > > 1. Is there an ebuild for 2.4.22? If so you can use it to build your
> > > own kernel. If you're asking why the CD doesn't have it - it's
> > > probably because
> > >
> > > the CD was put together before 2.4.22 was available.
> > >
> > > 2. If there is an ebuild - you can merge it and use it at your risk.
> > > I imagine when the 2.6 series becomes stable and is released as such
> > > we'll see it used on Gentoo CDs.
>
> The 2.6 kernel series are still beta. You can emerge and build your kernel
> based on the latest 2.6.0-beta6 (I run this kernel, and it is quite stable
> for me) in the development-kernels in portage. You must, however, do a
> little research about how to setup your system for 2.6. If your are
> completely up to date with portage, you probably have no worries about
> supporting software.
>
> There are really only 2 gotchas:
>
> 1. You need to verify that your kernel config builds console support. This
> is not automatic in the 2.6 kernels. Check your kernel config carefully.
>
> 2. You need to create the /sys directory and include the following line in
> /etc/fstab (new for 2.6).
>
> none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
>
> Enjoy.
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