[Voyage-linux] Re: Kernel Planning

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Michael,

Next VL 0.6 should have kernel >= 2.6.25.  But it all depends on the 
progress of migrating etch to lenny. 

Regards,
Punky

mgrollman wrote:
>
> We typically do custom kernels for our voyage field systems, but we 
> start with and try and stick really close to the near current 
> development Voyage build when possible.   It seems the current daily 
> build is still running at 2.6.23 or so.  Most of our field stuff is at 
> 2.6.18 or 2.6.20, and I'd like to do a kernel I can upgrade stuff to 
> for later this summer to get it up there some.  I was hoping to get to 
> 2.6.25, but at least my crude attempts to use the 2.6.23 kernel config 
> with a the 2.6.25 process, a number of things get lost in translation, 
> probably patches I am missing, and then other stuff.  It does compile 
> a kernel, but what I am wondering is -- how does the summer look for 
> newer Voyage kernel builds?  Is Voyage going to hang for a while a 
> 2.6.23, or is it near ready top jump, and if so, to what rev?
>
> I know this is just guesswork, but any insight is great.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Michael


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Regards,
Punky

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