[PLUG] Kernel Version Questions

[Eli Stair]

The way I read it currently (as of a LKML post earlier this year) is
that 2.6.x are considered the "development" release, those with
another dot-release are the bugfixed/patched version of that.

2.6.13 - "development"
2.6.13.2  - current "stable" (until 2.6.13.3)

/eli

On 9/23/05, Aaron Burt <aaron at bavariati.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 10:12:34AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > Yes, it is the lack of a 2.7 development tree that I've read is the issue.
>
> Just because the development kernel is not named "2.7" at the moment
> doesn't mean that 2.6 is unstable.  Mainline kernels with even numbers
> (e.g. 2.6) are officially stable.
>
> >   The problem is not with the desktops, or even the ThinkPad; the Sony has
> > custom-built kernels that EL provides in only rpm format. The rpm2tgz
> > conversion utility doesn't work properly on the kernels and modules.
>
> Just for laffs, try a stock Slackware 2.6 kernel.  The drivers you
> need should be included, no custom kernel needed.
>
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