Re: [INFO] Kernel strict versioning

[Franco \"Sensei\"]

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Yes, but you still can't change .config. You enable SMP, your binary
> compatibility is history. You _have_to_ be able to enable SMP and
> _you_have_ to be able to disable it.
>
> The following kernel packages are parts of Fedora Core 3:
> kernel-2.6.9-1.667.i586.rpm
> kernel-2.6.9-1.667.i686.rpm
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667.i586.rpm
> kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.667.i686.rpm

That's because SMP makes a different architecture. So, let's not talk 
about SMP, beacuse it's not a problem.

> 4 of them, each with a different ABI. And this is all the same kernel
> major-minor-version-subversion and the same compiler - only the settings
> differ.

Of course. When upgrading to kernel-2.6.10.i586.rpm? Why should you 
screw up the modules you've compiled? They all belong to 2.6 series.

> Being modular has nothing to do with the "problem" (except it's probably
> required, but Linux _is_ modular for some time now).

It gives more freedom to change the implementation resulting in a easy 
mantainance. Modularity make things easy... little things that work, 
isn't it a unix motto? :)

> Not "can". You have to. You don't want the kernel running on your dual
> Athlon MP to power your old Pentium MMX test machine. The modules are
> irrelevant.

Why always SMP! You are talking about porting a SPARC kernel on a 386! 
I'm talking about having the same binary kernel distribution for your 
achitecture, let's say i586, and being able to upgrade the kernel 
without hassles. No person on earth can imagine using a kernel for 
x86_64 on a i486! :)

> You can have it in /boot. In fact, it's not a kernel issue.

I know, I was just wondering why kernel and modules were on different 
locations.

> Actually, because boot can be a small partition, and may lack support
> for, say, long filenames.
> Actually, I put the kernels in /lib/modules/* as well. I have no /boot
> file systems and I like the idea of rm -rf /lib/modules/something
> deleting all files related to a particular kernel.

I always use a /boot partition. Anyway, /boot will always exist as /lib, 
and you can always do a rm -rf /boot/kernel/modules :)

--
Sensei <mailto:senseiwa@xxxxxx> <pgp:8998A2DB>
       <icqnum:241572242>
       <yahoo!:sensei_sen>
       <msn-id:sensei_sen@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature