Depending on what special features you might use on your system (virtualization, third party drivers), it might be possible to build a kernel from kernel.org. I've tried this in the past but since the latest kernel still didn't properly support the broken hardware I didn't pursue it further.
On Apr 15, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I'm running S.L. 5.6 on a few machines, and have grown somewhat > dependent on it. However, there are features in the kernel > that comes with 6.2 (like USB3) which I would like to have. > > Is it possible to upgrade just the kernel and associated modules > and "miscellaneous"? > > I assume this is tricky, and fraught with dangers, and the usual > cautions (make backups, work on a copy of the disk, tweak yum > updates so they won't regress the 2.6.32 kernel, etc) apply. > > For now, I just want to know whether this is worthy of further > consideration, or instead I should set aside a few weeks to > upgrade everything then rebuild a lot of poorly written custom > apps. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 > KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" > Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs
