In more than 5 years, I met only one guy who compiled a kernel due to limited memory in 32bit arch.
I compiled it myself just for the sake of study for the LPI test and knowledge myself. In my network / experience lived in some companies with N people (it is not a personal matter, but what actually happens here (Brazil) in business environments), almost nobody compiles the kernel, which is actually done in relation to the kernel , and load and / or unload modules (like modprobe), change kernel in grub.cfg, etc. Anyway, I cannot say that nobody compiles the kernel, but the question raised by Mr. Belkin Sergio is interesting. Em qua., 15 de jul. de 2020 às 10:51, Sergio Belkin <[email protected]> escreveu: > Hi community, > I was looking at Topic 201 in > https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/exam-201-objectives.There are > difference with those that are in > https://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LPIC-2_Objectives_V4.5#Objectives:_Exam_201. > > For example, the wiki includes (and I agree with that) kernel 4.x. > However both of them still include kernel 2.6. I think it is right that > LPI includes some kernel releases ago, but does it make sense persisting on > kernel 2.6? > Granted, CentOS 6 includes kernel 2.6.x.... but will lose support by end > of November '20. > > I think that this topic needs some streamlining. > In spanish language there is an old saying "El que mucho abarca poco > aprieta". In english it means: "biting off more than you can chew". > In fact, I think that kernel 5.x is more relevant that 2.6. > Please honestly, how many times in the last 5 years did you build a new > kernel? In the last 3 years ago? In the last 1 year? > Please, don't get me wrong, I think that is important conceptually **be > aware of** kernel building. But I think that in practice hardly anyone > builds a custom kernel. Also, kernels on mainstream distros such as CentOS > and Debian differ a lot with upstream versions. > Even more: if you build a custom kernel on CentOS, you lose the support. > And Debian has its own way of doing that. > > I think that in most cases LPI should evaluate a big "aware of" about this > topic. And perhaps to define better what is used in practice nowadays. > > What do you think? I'd be glad to read your opinions and experiences. > -- > -- > Sergio Belkin > LPIC-2 Certified - http://www.lpi.org > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev -- Regards; -- Alex Clemente [email protected] Specialist in Linux, Zabbix and Cybersecurity ----------------------------- RHCE | LPI 304 | SUSE CLA | Linux+
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