Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 09:41 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 27 aug 12, 21:47:08, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > I often build vanilla + patch-rt. Usually I copy the Debian's default > > kernel config, change some settings to fit to rt needs and then run > > "make oldconfig". > > Have you trie

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 27 aug 12, 21:47:08, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > I often build vanilla + patch-rt. Usually I copy the Debian's default > kernel config, change some settings to fit to rt needs and then run > "make oldconfig". Have you tried the new rt flavour of Debian kernels? $ uname -a Linux think 3.2.0-3

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 15:38 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:04:39 -0500 > Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > On 8/26/2012 6:39 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > > > > > Experimental kernels are probably better than downloading the source > > > from kernel.org and compiling it. > > > > I disagree.

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 15:31 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:39:42 -0400 > Gary Dale wrote: > > ... > > > Experimental kernels are probably better than downloading the source > > from kernel.org and compiling it. At least some attempt is made to make > > it work in the Debian eco

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:04:39 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 8/26/2012 6:39 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > > > Experimental kernels are probably better than downloading the source > > from kernel.org and compiling it. > > I disagree. I've been running late model vanilla kernels with Stable > for many

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:39:42 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: ... > Experimental kernels are probably better than downloading the source > from kernel.org and compiling it. At least some attempt is made to make > it work in the Debian ecosystem. As Stan points out in another message in this thread, the

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Alex Robbins
On 08/27/2012 08:45 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:51:54 -0500, Alex Robbins wrote: I am running Debian testing, which currently has kernel 3.2.23-1, same as unstable. experimental has 3.5.something. I am looking to run kernel version 3.3 or higher. As I understand it, there are

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:25:11 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 8/26/2012 7:44 PM, Alex Robbins wrote: > > > need something more recent than testing > > Why? IIRC you previously mentioned you *needed* 3.3 or higher. Can you > tell use what feature it is you need that was introduced in 3.3? > >

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Pertti Kosunen writes: > On 27.8.2012 6:32, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> That will get him the latest kernel for his particular distribution >> ("testing", "wheezy", etc). The current kernel for either testing or >> unstable is 3.2; the current for experimental is 3.4; the current at >> kernel.org is

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 16:51:54 -0500, Alex Robbins wrote: > I am running Debian testing, which currently has kernel 3.2.23-1, same > as unstable. experimental has 3.5.something. I am looking to run > kernel version 3.3 or higher. > > As I understand it, there are 2 ways to go about this. I could

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-27 Thread Pertti Kosunen
On 27.8.2012 6:32, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: That will get him the latest kernel for his particular distribution ("testing", "wheezy", etc). The current kernel for either testing or unstable is 3.2; the current for experimental is 3.4; the current at kernel.org is 3.5. http://packages.debian.org/exp

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 8/26/2012 7:44 PM, Alex Robbins wrote: > need something more recent than testing Why? IIRC you previously mentioned you *needed* 3.3 or higher. Can you tell use what feature it is you need that was introduced in 3.3? > not asking which of the above options is stable and secure (I know it >

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 8/26/2012 6:39 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > Experimental kernels are probably better than downloading the source > from kernel.org and compiling it. I disagree. I've been running late model vanilla kernels with Stable for many years without issue. Currently I'm running vanilla 3.2.6 w/Squeeze sinc

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Charles Kroeger writes: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:01 +0200 > Alex Robbins wrote: > >> As I understand it, there are 2 ways to go about this. I could build >> from the kernel.org source, or I could install from unstable. > > or you could install: > > linux-headers-amd64 > > linux-image-amd64

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Charles Kroeger writes: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:01 +0200 > Alex Robbins wrote: > >> As I understand it, there are 2 ways to go about this. I could build >> from the kernel.org source, or I could install from unstable. > > or you could install: > > linux-headers-amd64 > > linux-image-amd64

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 27/08/12 05:30, lina wrote: On Monday 27,August,2012 11:13 AM, Alex Robbins wrote: On 08/26/2012 09:48 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote: or you could install: linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-amd64 this would insure you always had the latest kernel and headers. Your architecture may be different s

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread lina
On Monday 27,August,2012 11:13 AM, Alex Robbins wrote: > On 08/26/2012 09:48 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote: >> or you could install: linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-amd64 this would >> insure you always had the latest kernel and headers. Your architecture >> may be different so you might want to look t

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Alex Robbins
On 08/26/2012 09:48 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote: or you could install: linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-amd64 this would insure you always had the latest kernel and headers. Your architecture may be different so you might want to look to that in regard to my examples. This does not at all answer

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Charles Kroeger
On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:01 +0200 Alex Robbins wrote: > As I understand it, there are 2 ways to go about this. I could build > from the kernel.org source, or I could install from unstable. or you could install: linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-amd64 this would insure you always had the lat

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Alex Robbins
On 08/26/2012 06:39 PM, Gary Dale wrote: I'm confused. You said that unstable has the same version as testing, so installing from SID wouldn't get you anything. You're right, it wouldn't. I misspoke. I meant to say, "or I could install from *experimental*" If you are looking for stability and

Re: Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Gary Dale
On 26/08/12 05:51 PM, Alex Robbins wrote: I am running Debian testing, which currently has kernel 3.2.23-1, same as unstable. experimental has 3.5.something. I am looking to run kernel version 3.3 or higher. As I understand it, there are 2 ways to go about this. I could build from the kern

Obtaining a Newer Kernel

2012-08-26 Thread Alex Robbins
I am running Debian testing, which currently has kernel 3.2.23-1, same as unstable. experimental has 3.5.something. I am looking to run kernel version 3.3 or higher. As I understand it, there are 2 ways to go about this. I could build from the kernel.org source, or I could install from unst