[SOLVED] What is the procedure for upgrading a kernel on Slackware?

bassmadrigal · 10-29-2019, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by andrew.46

This is using an AMD Threadripper 2950X which will be eclipsed soon enough when the 3rd Generation Threadripper CPUs come out...

I was going to say those are pretty impressive times compared to my system, and I have a 1st Gen Ryzen 7 1800x, but with a Threadripper, that makes total sense. On mine, with 17 threads (16 "cores"), I build the kernel in about 1m38s and modules in 8m20s, so it takes about 10 minutes overall.

usr345 · 07-17-2020, 01:04 AM

I have Slackware 14.2 32 bit with 4.4.182-smp kernel. Read the thread, read this email:

http://www.slackware.com/lists/archi...ecurity.687785

But I saw that today an upgrade to 4.4.227 is available:

https://mirror.yandex.ru/slackware/s...linux-4.4.227/

Is it safe to do this upgrade immediately from 4.4.182?

Also in the email they say: "If you are using an initrd, you'll need to rebuild it". How to do it?

Also they say to "upgradepkg kernel-*.txz", but the thread says that some of the kernel files should be installed. What should I do?

MDKDIO · 07-17-2020, 01:45 AM

If you look at post #3 in this thread
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...7/#post6051193

You'll have an answer, incl link for more info...