[ale] latest kernels

[Unix Guru Dude]

}On Tue, 14 May 1996, Unix Guru Dude wrote:
}
}> I have decided to upgrade to the latest 1.3.* kernel, but when I ftp'd
}> to gatech, I found a pre2.0.3 kernel to be the 'latest.'  Anyone using
}> any of these pre2.0.? kernels?  I'm assuming this is the next generation
}> of the kernel from the 1.3.100.  I heard I had to have a 1.3 kernel to
}> do the 'Java' thing, so I figured I'd give it a shot.  If anyone has
}> upgraded to these kernels, I'd appreciate any useful info.
}
}After Linus hit 1.3.100 (last week), he changed the numbering scheme.

Yeah, that's what I figured..

}1.3.101 is pre2.0.1 (aka 1.99.1, and we won't even discuss the animal
}names because it gets confusing ;-).  The latest is currently pre2.0.4 (if
}it's not on ftp.cc yet, you can grab it from my computer at
}ftp://ricker.gt.ed.net/pub/linux/kernel).  Basically, the pre2.0.x kernels
}just continue the bug fixing started in 1.3.9x (Linus wants to hit 2.0 in
}less than 10 days from now, assuming he wasn't joking, which is always a
}possibility with him, so the pre2.0.x's are coming out daily).
}
}The JAVA support was added with 1.3.100, I believe.  See
}Documentation/Java.txt for more info.  For general info on
}upgrading/current packages/what's broken and ain't fixed yet, see
}Documentation/Changes (shameless self-plug! ;-).

Thanks for the info, regardless who you're plugging. :)

}
}I'm currently running pre2.0.2, I think.  I compiled pre2.0.3, but then
}pre2.0.4 came out before I was free to reboot, and so now I'm waiting
}until I can reboot into that (for some reason, users get mad if I just
}reboot whenever I get the latest kernel compiled ;-).  I haven't noticed
}any really gotcha's beyond those common with the 1.3.9x line (broken flock
}if you don't upgrade libc, broken ps if you don't upgrade, etc.).  For me,
}the recent development kernels have been very stable, even while running
}make -j or some such.
}
}Have fun,
}chris

Oh, I plan on it.... :)  Isn't that what kernel upgrades are all about?


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