Re: Kernel 2.0.x -> 2.1.x update

Alexander Sanda (as@[remove-me],)
Sun, 11 May 1997 18:27:23 +0200


In article <5l2gqr$43@news.euro.net>
"Saes, Andre" <andre@ciclo.com.br> wrote:

> Does anybody know what kind of libraries and also binaries that I need
> to update if I change the kernel from version v2.0.x to v2.1.x? Is there any
> page where can I get detailed instructions about those libs/bins?

The most important things you'll already find in
Documentation/Changes. This is a good point to start. I have done the
upgrade some days ago, and had to change only a few things (I'am
running RedHat 4.1).

* if you want to use modules, you have to upgrade to modutils-2.1.34
(this is mandatory, older modutils won't work with 2.1).

* the net-tools (ifconfig, route, arp et.al) need to be upgraded to v
1.33. Imho, this isn't critical, but older version of ifconfig will
present you wrong output.

* I also switched to libc-5.4.23 and binutils-2.8

The Changes file mentions some other packages, which should be
upgraded, and http://www.linuxhq.com is another good source of
information.

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