Richard Andrews wrote: > --- Antoine Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Recent distros (except slackware) may not work with 2.4 (udev/devfs/etc) >> but apart from that any recent 2.6 kernel should do (bearing in mind >> that few bugfixes are backported (except for 2.6.16). >> > > I was thinking more in terms of features added throughout the 2.6 series like > syslets, USB handling changes, udev versus hotplug, selinux, sysctls, ioctls, > alsa v oss; that sort of thing. These features have evolved over time as code > has become unmaintained or gone out of favour and I would expect that these > changes in the kernel's support for features would cause some grief if the > kernel used didn't match the facilities an image expected the kernel to > provide. > These are quite rare as the kernel is meant to keep a stable ABI. (udev being an exception rather than the rule - see LKML threads on the subject)
>> >> Heh? It's just a repository of prebuilt filesystems and kernel images, >> it is not meant to promote any particular combination, what makes you >> think that? >> > > It's also probably the first place beginners go to get a quick-start with UML > (it was for me). I just expect there to be particular incompatibilites between > certain uml-kernels and distro images (reasoning outlined above). I expected > to > see mention of a kernel or kernels known to work with each image as a basic > guide for beginners; eg. a debian pack, fc7 pack, centos pack, etc where you > can get a kernel and image already tested together. > In an ideal world, yes. But unfortunately the combinations that work for one setup do not always work on another. That is why there are many options, so that if one does not work, you can try the others. Apart from a few "thank yous", I have received little feedback and so I am unable to do what you suggest. > When I look at nagafix I see N kernels and M images; so how do I chose which > kernel to get for a particular image I decide to run? > The rule of thumb is to always try the latest kernel available, as this is where the bugs get fixed. > If there are no kernel-v-image incompatibilities then all is well - just my > inexperience showing. But it would also be nice to have an indication one way > or the other in a prominent place. > > I'm happy to RTFM if this is already covered somewhere. I just haven't seen it > yet. > There isn't, trial and error is the only way. Antoine > -- > Rich > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo!7 Mail has just got even bigger and better with unlimited storage on > all webmail accounts. > http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > User-mode-linux-user mailing list > User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
