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I think some applications may have some problems..., But I have not
encountered any.... We are using a Slackware 9.1 distro and I/we Just
upgraded (because ACPI support of 2.4.23 is buggy, at least with our very
very thin server ECS A530+) to kernel 2.6.0.
I think 2.6.0 also licked the "i8253 count too high....reseting", problem w/
the A530+.
So far so good....(but Slackware 9.1 distro was already 4.6.0 ready) and I/we
get to use encrypted(blowfish, twofish etc.) loopback devices w/o having to
patch the kernel
Plus no more need to tweak the alsa source that came with the distro... alsa
has been integrated into the kernel ....hehehe (2.4.23 have some definitions
in the header files that caused a conflict w/ the alsa module codes---
redefinitions....)
If I read the article correctly.... RedHat is not ready to package 2.6.0 with
it's distoros any time soon ( 2005/2006 I think....) Please correct me if I
misinterpreted it.
My advice is, if you can spare the hd space and time, and want to try out the
new kernel test the upgrade on another (non-mission critical partion)
installation of RedHat 9.0.....
As some may say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".... but where would we be
today, without people who went against that saying. hehehehe
On Sunday 21 December 2003 12:00, "Marc Henry
Galang"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Is it advisable to upgrade your kernel on your current distro? say Redhat
> 9? coz AFAIK the kernel mediates between your programs and your hardware,
> so upgrading might render useless some of your programs if they're not
> compatible with the new kernel... right? I dont know, I just want to make
> sure that its ok before upgrading my redhat 9 kernel 2.4.20 to 2.6. can
> someone enlighten on this?
>
> Gideon N. Guillen said:
> > Since no one has mentioned it her yet...
> >
> > Version 2.6.0 of the Linux Kernel has been officially released!
> >
> > Those who want to try it, download it!
> >
> > But for me, I think I'll just wait for distros with the 2.6 kernel to
> > come out in the next few months. :) :)
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